An academic, professional and personal development seminar series presented by leading female mathematicians to offer support, encouragement and advice to female staff and students. All members of the ...

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, women in high-level math courses face a phenomenon called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat occurs when a ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance. The research by psychologists Amy Kiefer of the University of ...

Among the most creative and original mathematical thinkers – explanations of her work are virtually incomprehensible to us mortals, who communicate in words rather than symbols – Amalie “Emmy” Noether ...

LAS CRUCES - Carol Walker’s father may not have dreamed what the future had in store for her, but when little Carol was in elementary school, her dad introduced her to mathematics. “My father used to ...

From the beginning, women have made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics and science. But despite the fact that these pioneering women have changed the way we live in and think about ...

Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on to female students the stereotype that boys, not girls, are good at math. Girls who endorse this belief then do worse at math, ...

In September I had a post about the 2010 Math SAT test results, and reported on the gender differences in favor of males, who scored 34 points higher on average this year than their female ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As national reports show math scores for elementary and middle school students slipping faster than the U.S. average, one local campus is working to spark renewed interest, and ...

The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 that seeks to create a community in which women and girls can thrive in their mathematical endeavors, and to ...

Welcome to Association for Women in Mathematics student chapter at SLU. The SLU Student Chapter of AWM mentors and encourages women and other minorities as they prepare for careers in mathematical ...