Science news articles about 'gender gap'

  • Bridging the math gender gap

    ... of Chicago), empirically investigated whether a global gender gap exists in math to understand the relative ... for all countries analyzed in the study. The research also found a striking gender gap in reading skills. In every country ...
  • No gender gap noted in math scores

    MADISON, Wis., July 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. study found that girls have closed the gender gap in math performance.
  • Culture, not biology, underpins math gender gap

    ... parity with boys in the United States and some other countries, and the gender gap at the high end is closing," says Hyde ... while being raised and educated in the U.S. While the gender gap in math performance seems to be narrowing ...
  • Gender Gap Closing In Science Faculties

    ... those considered for tenure, but those who are considered receive tenure at the same or higher rates than men. That means the gender gap is closing without quotas and with a consistent ...
  • Study finds gender gap persists in cardiac care

    ... for procedures like angiographies. "The good news is the gender gap has narrowed over the past decade and we identified ... Report on the Health of Canadians' "Time to Bridge the Gender Gap", says Dr. Marco Di Buono ...
  • Gender gap persists at highest levels of math and science testing

    ... in verbal and mathematical performance have maintained a persistent gender gap over the last 15 years, said Jonathan ... of Psychology and Education at the University of Michigan, and director of the Gender & Achievement Research Program. "This is a very hard ...
  • Teachers can close gender gap in classroom leadership during medical school, finds UCLA study

    ... slanted toward one gender, and whether teacher instruction had an effect on closing the gap. In the 2008 study ... during medical school could help reduce the gender gap that limits women's careers." The authors ...
  • Gender gap in spatial ability can be reduced through training

    ... Development describes an intervention that is effective in eliminating the gender gap in spatial abilities. While the research ... can follow up on these findings by determining whether eliminating the gender gap contributes to achievement in math and science ...
  • Writing Exercise Helps Women Narrow Gender Gap in Science

    A writing exercise helped female students narrow the academic gender gap on tests in an introductory physics course.
  • Smoking accounts for up to 60 percent of gender gap in deaths across Europe

    ... 18th century, in some cases, have been hotly contested. The gender gap in death rates has sometimes been put ... changes in the population level of smoking and in the magnitude of the gender gap in smoking should contribute to smaller ...
  • Study: Teachers unaware of growing gender gaps in classrooms

    ... have a math advantage. "Our results suggest that there is still a gender gap, not only with achievement, but with teachers' perceptions," Lubienski ... at national data, and they show that there is indeed still a gender gap in math. It's small, but it's there, and it grows between kindergarten ...
  • More women medical students select general surgery and continue to close the gender gap

    ... gender gap among United States Medical Graduates (USMG) in the traditionally male-dominated ... align with the overall trend of increasingly equal gender enrollment of medical students. The study found a 22 ...
  • Closing the workplace gender gap

    Behavioral economist Iris Bohnet studies gender gaps in economic opportunity, trust and betrayal ... . HKS: Some of your most recent research has looked at gender imbalance in the workplace using the concept of the “nudge” to help ...
  • Study: Wikipedia shows large gender gap

    MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've confirmed a substantial gender gap among editors of Wikipedia and a corresponding gender-oriented disparity in the site's content.
  • New study suggests gender gap around homophobic bullying

    ... new study from Educational and Psychological Measurement (published by SAGE) found that when it comes to homophobic bullying, there could be a gender gap. While male victims are more likely ...

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