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Girls Learn Math Anxiety From Female Teachers

Instructors transfer bias to students

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 26, 2010 1:36 PM CST

(Newser) – Girls who buy into the stereotype that boys are better at math may be learning the trait from their own female teachers. Female first-and second-grade teachers worried about their math skills transfer that anxiety onto girls in their classrooms, a new study suggests. Those teachers...   Read full story »

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