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ERIC Number: EJ507518
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
When Do Girls Prefer Football to Fashion? An Analysis of Female Underachievement in Relation to "Realistic" Mathematics Context.
Boaler, Jo
British Educational Research Journal, v20 n5 p551-64 1994
Reports on a study of the move away from abstract calculations toward "mathematics in context" among 50 British female secondary school students. Discusses implications of findings in relation to reported female underachievement and disinterest in school mathematics. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Females, Foreign Countries, Males, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Modern Mathematics, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Student Attitudes, Underachievement
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Great Britain