Do Mathematical Gender Differences Continue? A Longitudinal Study of Gender Difference and Excellence in Mathematics Performance in the U.S.

The UK Clinical Aptitude Test: Is it a fair test for selecting medical students?

“…This agrees with the work of James et al who found males performed better than females for the whole test, with the largest gender differential in performance in the QR subsection . However, the existence of a gender differential in mathematics ability in general is much contested (Ding 2007;Else-Quest et al 2010).…”

Yes we can achieve in mathematics and why we don't : African American female eleventh and twelfth grade students in a career and technical setting.

“…The same result, that females maintain higher grades than males, was found by Halpern (2004), Hedges and Nowell (1995), Linver and Davis-Kean (2005), the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (2002), and Wilson and Hart (2001). Additionally, Ding, Song, and Richardson (2007) found that "females did not show statistically significant low math test scores, and that the growth rate over time remained the same for both males and females" (p. 292).…”

“…Ding, Song, and Richardson (2007) contend that girls lag behind boys on standardized assessments, but maintain better grades in the mathematics classroom at all levels but especially at the secondary level. They noted that "grades in mathematics courses is, however, frequently ignored or downplayed in the literature" (p. 282).…”

“…They noted that "grades in mathematics courses is, however, frequently ignored or downplayed in the literature" (p. 282). Ding, Song, and Richardson (2007) using a longitudinal mixed modeling method with 530 seventh graders and 367 ninth graders, found that "females had a higher mathematics GP A than males during the middle-school years and high school years in the two samples used" (p. 288). The same result, that females maintain higher grades than males, was found by Halpern (2004), Hedges and Nowell (1995), Linver and Davis-Kean (2005), the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (2002), and Wilson and Hart (2001).…”

“…Such a question has generated considerable interest and has been studied for several decades (Benbow, Lubinski, Shea, & Eftekhari-Sanjani, 2000;Ding, Song, & Richardson, 2007;Hyde & Mertz, 2009;Ma, 2008). After inspection of the Program for…”