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ERIC Number: EJ808718
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Sep
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-0253
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Mathematics: A Female, Male or Gender-Neutral Domain? A Study of Attitudes among Students at Secondary Level
Brandell, Gerd; Staberg, Else-Marie
Gender and Education, v20 n5 p495-509 Sep 2008
The aim of the current study is to investigate whether Swedish secondary school students perceive mathematics as a female, male or gender-neutral domain. A sample of 1300 students in two age groups, 15- and 17- years, answered a questionnaire and about 50 students participated in interviews. The main part of the inquiry form consists of "Who and mathematics", an attitude scale recently developed by other researchers. The results are analysed with respect to gender, school year and study programme. Gendered attitudes were found among considerable minorities. There is a marked tendency to view mathematics as a symbolically male domain: positive aspects are associated with boys and negative aspects perceived as more female. Older students hold more strongly gendered views than younger. Boys in the science programme have the strongest beliefs of mathematics as a male domain. (Contains 5 tables and 2 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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