Gender Equality and Gender Gaps in Mathematics Performance
| Autor: | Gillian R. Brown, Kim Alexandersen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gender equality
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| Zdroj: | Trends in cognitive sciences. 24(8) |
| ISSN: | 1879-307X |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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