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Peer reviewedChipman, Susan F.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
The effects of problem content on mathematics word problem performance were explored for 128 male and 128 female college students solving problems with masculine, feminine, and neutral (familiar and unfamiliar) cover stories. No effect of sex typing was found, and a small, but highly significant, effect was found for familiarity. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Familiarity, Females
