Creating Gender Equality: Cross-National Gender Stratification and Mathematical Performance.

Baker, David P.; Jones, Deborah Perkins

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Publication Date: 1993

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Creating Gender Equality: Cross-National Gender Stratification and Mathematical Performance.

Baker, David P.; Jones, Deborah Perkins

Sociology of Education, v66 n2 p91-103 Apr 1993

Reports on a study of eighth-grade mathematical performance of 77,000 students in 19 countries, data from 1964 and 1982 studies in 9 countries, and data on gender stratification and its impact on mathematics performance. Finds that a cross-national variation exists and that it is related to gender stratification. (CFR)

Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Attainment, Females, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Males, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary Education, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Student Characteristics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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