Breaking down the Barriers: Adventures in Teaching Single-Sex Algebra Classes.

Stutler, Susan Lee

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ERIC Number: EJ558247

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Publication Date: 1997

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Breaking down the Barriers: Adventures in Teaching Single-Sex Algebra Classes.

Stutler, Susan Lee

Gifted Child Today Magazine, v20 n6 p12-17 Nov-Dec 1997

Discusses the different learning styles of gifted middle-school males and females in single-sex algebra classes. Discusses the barriers faced by girls in mathematics courses and the benefits of providing girls with opportunities to think and problem solve in an environment less permeated with societal expectations of femininity. (CR)

Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Environment, Females, Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Sex Differences, Single Sex Classes, Womens Education

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Language: English

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