Math (and English) with Erika

Inquiry Question: How does K-12 mathematics education affect the disparity between the numbers of men and women who pursue postsecondary education and careers in STEM fields? References Beilock, S. L., Gunderson, E. A., Ramirez, G., Levine, S. C., & Smith, E. E. (2010). Female          teachers' math anxiety affects girls' math achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of          Sciences of the United States of America, 107(5) , 1860-1863. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40536499 This article discusses the effect that female teachers’ math anxiety has on their female students, particularly in early elementary where teachers are often female and often do not have a math background. The study showed that even if their is no gendered difference in math achievement at the beginning of the year, by the end of the year with a math-anxious teacher, girls were more likely to endorse the stereotype that “girls are good at reading, boys are go