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Clarkson, Philip – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Studied 18 mathematics textbooks and found: most segments of the books did not refer to people, 45% of people depicted were male compared to 39% female, most people depicted were shown as active not passive, and only 8% of instances showed a person who was not Anglo-Australian. (MKR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity