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Peer reviewedTobias, Sheila; Weissbrod, Carol – Harvard Educational Review, 1980
Reviewing research relating mathematical achievement to gender, the authors argue that remedies for math anxiety need to be evaluated and new techniques devised that are most closely linked to theories of learning. They maintain that proper techniques can be effective in reversing female underachievement and preventing math avoidance. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Cognitive Ability, Females
