Confidence and Mathematics: A gender issue?
- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Gender and Education
- Vol. 7 (2) , 157-166
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540259550039086
Abstract
In the many studies undertaken on pupils' attitudes to mathematics, confidence has been recognised as a contributing factor to gender differences in participation. A number of issues have been identified which affect confidence. In this paper we discuss the 'confidence factor' and the part it plays in pupils' mathematics learning. We then outline three intervention strategies which may encourage girls to develop confidence, drawing on our own experience of using these strategies in Britain.Keywords
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