Cultural influences on sex differentials in mathematics aptitude and achievement

1 March 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Vol. 20 (2) , 317-320
https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739890200212

Abstract

Results of mathematics testing of 14‐year‐olds and college freshmen in the West Bank indicate more substantial variation on the basis of cultural factors than on the basis of gender. In particular, no significant difference in the mathematical abilities of men and women appeared in the college group.

Keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCES
MATHEMATICS APTITUDE
SEX DIFFERENTIALS
ACHIEVEMENT

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