ERIC Number: EJ771651
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Aug
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Eliciting Students' Beliefs about Who Is Good at Mathematics
Morge, Shelby P.
Mathematics Teacher, v101 n1 p50-55 Aug 2007
This article highlights a series of activities designed to elicit students' mathematics-related beliefs, particularly those related to gender. As a result of the activities, females in upper-level classes rated themselves as having less confidence than males, and viewing a movie clip was sufficient for some students to modify their descriptions of someone who is good at mathematics. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Gender Differences, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Mathematics Instruction, Mass Media Effects, Stereotypes, Class Activities, Media Literacy, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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