The landscape of gender in education and the workforce has shifted over the past decades:
women have made gains in representation, equitable pay, and recognition through awards …

Children's memberships in social groups have profound effects on their motivation.
Stereotypes about social groups shape children's beliefs about what is expected for their …

There is a need to help more students succeed in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education, with particular interest in reducing current gender gaps in …

Much has been written in the past two decades about women in academic science careers,
but this literature is contradictory. Many analyses have revealed a level playing field, with …

Abstract The United States has made a significant effort and investment in STEM education,
yet the size and the composition of the STEM workforce continues to fail to meet demand. It …

Surprising new findings indicate that many conclusions about sex differences and
similarities in cognitive abilities need to be reexamined. Cognitive sex differences are …

Although the effect of stereotype threat concerning women and mathematics has been
subject to various systematic reviews, none of them have been performed on the sub …

In the present manuscript we draw on the Multi-Threat Framework to explore gender-related
math attitudes and how they put girls and women at risk for stereotype threats. Gunderson et …

This Handbook provides a uniquely comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest
research on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. All chapters are written by eminent …

The relation of various math attitudes to math achievement has been extensively studied in
adolescents and adults. Recently, researchers have begun to examine the math attitude …