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Download full textCai, Jinfa – 1995
Open-ended tasks were used to examine gender differences in complex mathematical problem solving. The results of this study suggest that, overall, males perform better than females, but the gender differences vary from task to task. A qualitative analysis of student responses to those tasks with gender differences showed that male and female…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
