Mathematics and the Gender Gap: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Studies on Sex Differences in Mathematical Tasks.

Friedman, Lynn

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Publication Date: 1989

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Mathematics and the Gender Gap: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Studies on Sex Differences in Mathematical Tasks.

Friedman, Lynn

Review of Educational Research, v59 n2 p185-213 Sum 1989

A meta-analysis of studies conducted between 1974 and mid-1987 on sex differences in mathematical tasks is presented. Methods used include estimations of: (1) parameters for a random effects model, and (2) coefficients for a linear-regression equation, all based on effect sizes calculated from each study. Differences have been decreasing. (TJH)

Descriptors: Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Mathematics Achievement, Meta Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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