M Inglis, S O'Hagan - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org

Stereotype threat, gender and mathematics attainment: A conceptual replication of Stricker & Ward.

stereotype threat

Inglis

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Excerpt

Stereotype threat has been proposed as one cause of gender differences in post-compulsory mathematics participation. Danaher and Crandall argued, based on a study conducted by Stricker and Ward, that enquiring about a student's gender after they had finished a test, rather than before, would reduce stereotype threat and therefore increase the attainment of women students. Making such a change, they argued, could lead to nearly 5000 more women receiving AP Calculus AB credit per year. We conducted a preregistered …