Education Week

For Girls, Teachers’ Gender Matters, Study Says

Female elementary school teachers’ comfort with mathematics has an outsize effect on the girls they teach, according to new research. Girls taught by a female teacher got a learning boost if that ...
Education Week

In Math, Teachers’ Unconscious Biases May Be More Subtle Than You Think

Racial and gender stereotypes may color teachers’ perceptions of students’ math abilities, even when they rate students’ performance equally. A new study in the journal Educational Researcher, led by ...
The Hechinger Report

Teachers conquering their math anxiety

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...
The Conversation

Math teachers hold a bias against girls when the teachers think gender equality has been achieved

Joseph Cimpian receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences and the National Science Foundation. Ian Thacker and Yasemin Copur-Gencturk do not work for, ...
Orange County Register

CSUF professor empowers young teachers to demystify math

If terms like “multiplication tables,” “long division” or “coefficient” tend to jack up your blood pressure, you’re not alone. Millions of people have an aversion to math. Mallika Scott, Cal State ...