Sex and Ethnic Group Differences in Mathematics Achievement: Results from the National Longitudinal Study

Sex differences in primary cognitive abilities among blacks, Indians and whites in South Africa

“…Jensen (1988) reported that the higher means obtained by 9-, 10-and 11-year-old white boys on arithmetical concept problems are not present among black boys of the same age. For young adolescents Moore & Smith (1987) found the higher male proportion among high scorers in maths was less pronounced among blacks than among whites.…”

The Gender Differential Effects of a Procedural Plan For Solving Mathematical Word Problems

“…They also indicate that gender-related differences in word problem solving ability in favor of males first appear in the sixth grade (Marshall 1984). The superiority of males in word problem solving ability persists through the middle grades (Armstrong, 1981) and into high school and college (Moore & Smith, 1987;Phillips, et al, 1983).…”

“…Males significantly outperformed females in solving one and two-step routine story problems. Moore and Smith (1987) analyzed data for genderrelated differences collected in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth Labor Force Behavior. Data were obtained from both the Mathematics Knowledge and the Arithmetic Reasoning subtests of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.…”

Changing attitudes toward science and women in science: assessing the impact of a role model intervention on ninth grade students

“…Results from the 1986 NAEP indicate that in some schools, the proficiency gap between high school boys and girls actually increased with coursetaking (Mullis & Jenkins, 1988a).Benbow and Minor(1986) found that, within a sample of mathematic ally talented high school students, girls took significantly fewer science courses than boys, with the most pronounced difference being in physics. These gifted girls were more likely to plan to major in biology while the boys were more apt to aspire to engineering and physics Moore and Smith (1987). found differential course taking in high school to be a significant factor in intergroup differences in mathemat ics competence.…”