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Math Anxiety, Attainment of Statistical Concepts, and Expressed Preference for a Formal-Deductive Cognitive Style among Beginning Students of Research.
Reece, Carol Carter; Todd, Robert F. – 1989
This study investigated the propositions that (1) the expressed preference for formal-deductive style of thinking and mathematics anxiety are negatively correlated; (2) the preferred cognitive style is positively correlated with the respondent's self-assessment of mathematical ability; and (3) those expressing a preference for the analyst style of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style
Discarded Minds: How Gender, Race and Class Biases Prevent Young Women from Obtaining an Adequate Math and Science Education in New York City Public Schools.
Syron, Lisa – 1987
This study is a systematic investigation of female participation in mathematics and science classes in New York City schools. Six major findings reported include: (1) young women's low levels of participation in mathematics and science reflect the overall low levels of participation and reveal lack of attention to excellence in mathematics and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Females, Low Income Groups, Mathematics Achievement