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Mathematics education: new perspectives on gender

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  1. Because of the widespread syndication of newspaper articles within and beyond America, each of these articles, and others like them, appeared in multiple newspapers.

  2. Connecticut Post, article written by Amanda Cuda (http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_10027594 accessed 30 July 2008).

  3. The Age, article written by Wendy Hansen of Los Angeles (published 26 July 2008).

  4. Associate Press, article written by Libby Quaid http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGCXFmKVOXRYn17PlW7j72F2SqOgD924LD5G0 30 July.

  5. The New York Times, article written by Tamar Lewin (http://www.nje3.org/?tag=achievement-gap accessed 30 July 2008).

  6. Content provided by the National Science Foundation (http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2008/07/28/study-shows-boys-and-girls-equal-in-math-ability.html, accessed 31 July 2008-07-31).

  7. http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/07/janet-hyde-boys-girls-in-math-not.html accessed 30 July 2008.

  8. Permission to reproduce this article was obtained from Springer, publisher of ESM.

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    Gilah Leder & Helen Forgasz

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Leder, G., Forgasz, H. Mathematics education: new perspectives on gender. ZDM Mathematics Education 40, 513–518 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-008-0137-5

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