Gender equality and gender gaps in mathematics performance
Abstract
In a recent analysis of mathematics performance (Eriksson et al. 2020), national gender egalitarian values were positively associated with an increase in the average mathematics scores of high-school boys relative to girls. This study highlights that progressive gender egalitarian values at a national level might not translate into equality of opportunity at an individual level.
Citation
Brown , G R & Alexandersen , K 2020 , ' Gender equality and gender gaps in mathematics performance ' , Trends in Cognitive Sciences , vol. 24 , no. 8 , pp. 591-593 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.06.002
Publication
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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Non peer reviewed
ISSN
1364-6613Type
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