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Rose, Shirley. Developing Literacy/Developing Gender: Constructing College Freshmen. 1991. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article is more of a research reflection. It is three teachers' views on English and Literacy. They discovered that gender is a problem in literacy and that it cannot be ignored. Teachers tend to read their students papers in reflection of their own gender. The three teachers discovered this fact by reviewing a number of papers and answering three review questions provided for each. The results provide awareness for readers in hopes to reverse this trend\n\n

Hayes, Elisabeth, and Jennifer Hopkins. "Gender and Literacy Learning: Implications for Research in Adult Literacy Education." (1996): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article is also a research article about adult literacy. It touches base on gender roles as it applies to literacy. It establishes that the lack of focus on gender roles and literacy effects the success in that area of knowledge. It states that the development between women and men is different pertaining to literacy, menaing it is an unequal development. Lack of attention on this issue and resistence to accept this social role causes problems when learning about writing.

Newman, Maureen D. "Preservice Teachers Examine Gender Equity in Teaching Mathematics." Teaching Children Mathematics 13.7 (2007): 388-395. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how the teachers of America want to change the gender gap. Between 1990 and 2007 there has not been much change in the gender gap in math. Teachers have goals of changing this so that both genders are on the same level. There are programs out there that are teaching current and future teachers of how to teach to both genders. Also they are teaching early childhood teachers how to make sure that the gap does not start so early.

Hyde, Janet S., and Janet E. Mertz. "Gender, culture, and mathematics performance." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.22 (2009): 8801-8807. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about if there is a relationship between gender, culture and mathematics performance. They go through three questions the want to answer -Do gender differences in mathematics performance exist in the general population? Do gender differences exist among the mathematically talented? Do females exist who possess profound mathematical talent? The article talks about how some countries have closed the gap such as England but the USA has not. They go to answer all of the questions through the research they do and have charts/graphs.

"Narrowing of Math Gender Gap." Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association 12.3 (2009): 9. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. The University of Wisconisn- Madison did research on the math gender gap and this was due to a article "Culture, Not Biology, Underpins Math Gender Gap," published in "ScienceDaily" on June 2, 2009. With more math education they think that we can close the gender gap. Also they found that women with job opportunities are helping close the gap too.

Geist, Eugene A., and Margaret King. "Different, Not Better: Gender Differences in Mathematics Learning and Achievement." Journal of Instructional Psychology 35.1 (2008): 43-52. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Within this article they go through data, literature and research on the gap of the gender. They question if boys are really better at math compared to girls. Yes, there is a gap between the genders that they have found by it is not caused by what we think. The assumption is that there is a biological difference but with the studies they figured out that males learn differently compared to females which is causing this gap. The education systems need to take this in to consideration so that the needs of both genders get met.

Gambell, Trevor J., and Darryl M. Hunter. "Rethinking Gender Differences in Literacy." Canadian Journal of Education 24.1 (1999): 1-16. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This source provides explanations for why there are differences in literacy for genders. It gives five 5 reasons as to why these differences occur. These reasons are the following: evaluative bias, home socialization, role and societal expectations, male psychology, and equity policy. These five reasons explain why males begin ahead of females, but by the time school ended the gaps closed and women out performed males.

Bartlett, Carol. "Seeing: Gender and Literacy." Text Quarterly 7.1 (1994): 1,4. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This too is an article that relates gender roles to literacy. It talks about the different learning behaviors relating to male and females. It states that men enroll in school in order to achieve something, while women enrol for the sake of desire for learning. Men are said to pick up at task and master it until picking up a new one while women work with more than one task at the same time. Men and women have different learning, writing, and reading techniques from one another.\n\n

Beckman, Mary. "Closing the Gender Gap." Science Now (2005): 1-3. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. With new research done with monkeys, they have found that there is a gender gap in math but mainly in early childhood and that the gap could be closed. With a little extra training the female monkeys can catch up to the males. That extra work can close that gap. Monkeys and humans are similar so if we try the same ideas they did with the female monkeys, maybe as humans we could close the gender gap within math.

Saules, Karen. "The contributions of weight problem perception, BMI, gender, mood, and smoking status to binge eating among college students." Eating Behaviors 10.1 (2009): 1-9. Ohio Link. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.\n\nCollege student participants completed a web-based survey assessing demographics, depression, anxiety, body image, cigarette smoking, and weight history. Among overweight participants, 42.6% of those who believed they were overweight admitted to binge eating, while only 30.1% who did not feel overweight did so. Among non-overweight participants, 43.2% of those who believed they were overweight admitted to binge eating, while only 32.9% of those who did not feel overweight did so. Weight Problem Perception mediated the contribution of BMI on binge eating outcomes, and WPP contributed significantly to the prediction of binge eating, beyond the risk conferred by established correlates of binge eating ( gender, mood, and cigarette smoking). Results suggest that when assessing risk for binge eating, a one-question assessment of whether or not an individual believes he or she is overweight has significant predictive power.

Frenzel, Anne C., Reinhard Pekrun, and Thomas Goetz. "Girls and mathematics -- A "hopeless" issue? A control-value approach to gender differences in emotions towards mathematics." European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada) 22.4 (2007): 497-514. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is about how girls in 5th grade understand math the same way as boys but they have more emotions about it. Girls have less enjoyment and pride compared to boys. They have more anxiety, hopelessness and shame when it comes to math. The article goes into why this is true and there are charts.

Bullen, Rebecca Richards. "The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy." Youth Media Reporter 3.(2009): 149-152. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Girls are not the only ones who are effected by the media. Both boys and girls look at the media and react to the stereotypes they see. However, they are effected differently. Girls are effected by images of what they think they should look like specifically their bodies. This causes them to do things that are stupid and even dangerous to achieve what they think they should look like.

This paper investigates gender differences in academic performance among university athletes at an NCAA Division I school. Using regression analysis, the findings suggest that background scholastic achievement variables and race influence university academic performance for student athletes, but sport participation measures and race are negatively related to university academic performance for males only. The consequences of inequalities between men's and women's athletic programs are explored. Implications for academic programs are discussed. (Abstract from author as it appears on EBSCO.)

Ai, Xiaoxia. "Gender Differences in Growth in Mathematics Achievement: Three-Level Longitudinal and Multilevel Analyses of Individual, Home, and School Influences." Mathematical Thinking & Learning 4.1 (2002): 1-22. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This is a study done to see what affects the gender gap with mathematics. They focus on the grades 7 through 10. They use a three step program to see the growth with the students. Also they control what goes on the in the class room and talk about what they discovered. Results show that home resources, individual behavior problems, and attitude toward mathematics were related to growth in mathematics. It also talked about how if a student started in a higher level math class there was not much growth difference.

Neuschmidt, Oliver, Juliane Barth, and Dirk Hastedt. "Trends in gender differences in mathematics and science (TIMSS 1995-2003)." Studies in Educational Evaluation 34.2 (2008): 56-72. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. There has been a study the gender gap in math and science in the 8th grade from 1995 to 2003. Throughout the years the gap a narrowed but only in science. We have seen an improvement within physics and chemistry. They did see that there had been a change in math but not by much. The education systems want to change this gap so that everyone is on the same level. After this study, they found that the information was helpful.

Gibbs, Benjamin G. "Reversing fortunes or content change? Gender gaps in math-related skill throughout childhood." Social Science Research 39.4 (2010): 540-569. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. It has been shown that men are better with math then women but the studies have only been on males. Within this article the author goes through the different stages of eudcation to see what is causing this problem. She goes on about the disadvantages but also the the advantages females have in math and talks about what we can do to fix this gender gap in math.

A film on OhioLINK. Researchers debate whether differences in the brain architecture lead to a division of talents and aptitudes between the sexes. A bit dated, but could be helpful for those researching gender and literacy.\n

Frenzel, Anne C., Reinhard Pekrun, and Thomas Goetz. "Girls and mathematics -- A "hopeless" issue? A control-value approach to gender differences in emotions towards mathematics." European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada) 22.4 (2007): 497-514. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is about how girls in 5th grade understand math the same way as boys but girls have more emotions about it. Girls have less enjoyment and pride compared to boys. They have more anxiety, hopelessness and shame when it comes to math. To find this information they had the students self report and take test of math they already learned. The article goes into why this is true and also there are charts to show their evidence.

Jackson, Rebecca A., Tanya R. Berry, and Michael D. Kennedy. "The Relationship Between Lifestyle and Campus Eating Behaviours in Male and Female University Students." College Student Journal 43.3 (2009): 860-871. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article gives a lot of information about college students and the risks that they are taking when they come to a new environment while being on their own. Several tests were taken to determine the difference between males and females and their behaviors towards drinking, eating, and exercising. It does a really good job on separating the genders and showing that the male and female lifestyle drastically changes when they come to college. It shows statistics on how much the cost of a student would spend depending on their physical activity as well. Overall, college can have an extreme impact on a students' life.

This Article is about how scholars would always focused on males and their math skill but overlook females. They look into why famales have diadvantages come about and how it keeps increasing but they also are good at certin maths. You will see the contrast between the males and females.