Girls and Mathematics. Women and Mathematics and Girls.

Spence, Philip

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ERIC Number: EJ418944

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Publication Date: 1990

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Girls and Mathematics. Women and Mathematics and Girls.

Spence, Philip

Australian Mathematics Teacher, v46 n2 p26-28 Jul 1990

The experience of several different female mathematicians in the male domain of mathematics is discussed. The implications of the barriers experienced by these mathematicians for girls in mathematics are discussed. (CW)

Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Secondary School Mathematics, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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