Sex Bias in Elementary School Mathematics Texts.

Jay, Winifred T.; Schminke, Clarence W.

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Sex Bias in Elementary School Mathematics Texts

Jay, Winifred T.; Schminke, Clarence W.

Arithmetic Teacher, 22, 3, 242-246, Mar 75

Basing their conclusions on studies in which (1) textbook problems were classified by students and parents and (2) texts were coded on several variables (e.g. sexually stereotyped occupations), the authors find textbooks are biased. They suggest several teacher strategies for countering this bias. (SD)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education, Problem Sets, Research, Sex Discrimination, Surveys, Teaching Methods, Textbooks

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