Gender roles are formed in early childhood and continue to influence behavior through
adolescence and adulthood, including the choice of academic majors and careers. In many …

In this article, we use meta-analysis to analyze gender differences in recent studies of
mathematics performance. First, we meta-analyzed data from 242 studies published …

Background Stress is commonly experienced by college students, especially engineering
students. However, the role of stress within engineering culture and its implications for …

This paper examines the effects of group performance anxiety on the attrition of women and
minorities from science, math, and engineering majors. While past research has relied …

This text was prepared as an introduction to the exciting field of gifted education. It is suitable
for college undergraduate and graduate readers, for in-service teachers in elementary or …

The differences model, which argues that males and females are vastly different
psychologically, dominates the popular media. Here, the author advances a very different …

Research showing that activation of negative stereotypes can impair the performance of
stigmatized individuals on a wide variety of tasks has proliferated. However, a complete …

The underrepresentation of women at the top of math-intensive fields is controversial, with
competing claims of biological and sociocultural causation. The authors develop a …

Amid ongoing public speculation about the reasons for sex differences in careers in science
and mathematics, we present a consensus statement that is based on the best available …

Although research has shown that priming negative stereotypes leads to lower performance
among stigmatized individuals, little is understood about the cognitive mechanism that …