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Title: Gender Differences in Mathematics: Evidence from the NLSY and the NELS
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Leahey, Erin Guo, Guang |
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Gender Differences in Mathematics: Evidence from the NLSY and the NELS Presented: Chicago, IL, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1999 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the NLSY and NELS and curvilinear growth models, we examine gender differences in mathematical trajectories from elementary school through high school. We analyze subsamples of high-scoring students and also different areas of math, such as reasoning and geometry. Despite relatively equal starting points in elementary school, and relatively equal slopes, we find that boys have a faster rate of acceleration. By the 12th grade, this results in a slight gender difference, which is most pronounced in geometry. |
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Leahey, Erin and Guang Guo. "Gender Differences in Mathematics: Evidence from the NLSY and the NELS." Presented: Chicago, IL, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1999. |