“…These findings relate primarily to teachers' communication in the classroom, but other forms of differential and discriminatory practices, just as powerful, although perhaps more subtle, are exhibited through sex role stereotyping in curricular and instructional materials that exert a significant influence on girls and boys (Kaplan, 1988;National Coalition of Advocates for Students, 1985;Stromquist, 1993;Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1992). Evidence suggests that adolescent women are particularly vulnerable to peer pressure that encourages social success at the expense of academic performance (Salend, 1994;Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1992).…”