Posts Tagged ‘Gender stereotype beliefs’
February 1st, 2010
by Slavi in Elementary teachers, Learning Research
Little Girls, Math Anxiety, and Stereotypes
A fascinating recent study claims that if a female elementary teacher is anxious about math, chances are that her female students’ performance would suffer. Note that it doesn’t matter if she’s actually good or bad at math—it’s all about anxiety! This is interesting not only because 90% of US elementary math teachers are women, but [...]
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