Teachers’ math anxiety might add up for girls
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Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.
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But by the end of the year, the more anxious teachers were about their own math skills, the more likely their female students — but not the boys — were to agree that "boys are good at math and girls are good at reading.”
Female teachers’ math anxiety affects girls’ math achievement -- http://www.pnas.org/gca?allch=&submit=Go&gca=pnas%3B0910967107v1
Open access article -- http://www.pnas.org/search?fulltext=math+education&go.x=10&go.y=11&go=GO&submit=yes