This paper presents the results of a study investigating whether adapting instruction to gender preferences can improve the attitudes of students and their performance in mathematics. The study found that there was no...

This report from Sheila Tobias discusses pertinent issues related to women in mathematics and science. Key aspects explored include mathematical anxiety and strategies for coping with it, as well as important research on...

This research paper, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, examines how a math background may interact with gender on the FCI assessment instrument. 300 non-physics students were given one of two...