Brilliant Minds: Women in Mathematics

Brilliant Minds WOMEN AND GIRLS IN MATH True False ...or ... Q: Boys do better than girls in fimed math contests. A: It depends.. According to a 2013 study in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization: Boys outperformed girls in the first contest (which is where most studies stop).. But girls did as well or better than boys when there were 4 subsequent rounds. Timing .isn't. Everything In teșting situations where speed isn't emphasized, girls did as well as boys, even in the first contest. Girls DUMB DOLL are Mattel removed the phrase "Math class is tough!" from a talking Barbie doll's repertoire in 1992 after criticism from several women's Bad AT MATH: groups. STEREOTYPES ... ABOUND... IVY LEAGUE OPINION In 2005, Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers said that innate gender differences may explain why fewer women find success in science and math careers. He resigned in 2006. Stereotypes have Impact A groundbreaking 1998 study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology showed that when women feel criticized for their math abilities, their performance may be negatively impacted, particularly when doing high-level math. Other studies have shown women's lower math performance could be related to: Women's beliefs about their own math abilities Stereotypes about women and math One controversial meta-analysis in the Review of General Psychology from 2012 found that stereotyping had little effect on female math ability. Authors claimed math performance may be related to more basic differences between the sexes. But out of the 141 studies initially considered, only 9 factored into the analysis. Critics claim important studies were left out of the analysis. The 2011 Grad School Total grad school enrollment ALL PROGRAMS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATH GENDER GAP According to a 2010 meta-study published in Intelligence, the gender gap in math and science has narrowed over the past 30 years, but it still exists. It's especially evident in the disparity between men and women in mathematics graduate degree Men 42%- Women 58% Men 71%. Women 29% programs. Smart Enough TO IMPRESS EINSTEIN Amalie Noether MC ........... Born in Erlangen, Germany, 1882 Died in Bryn Mawr, PA, 1935 Einstein called her The most significanț and creative female mathematician of all time. Invented a theorem that united Using a male pseudonym, she published groundbreaking papers in topics such as abstract algebra and ring theory. symmetry in nature and the universal laws of conservation (Noether's theorem). Contemporary Women MATHEMATICIANS MAKING THEIR MARKS Maria Chudnovsky ..................... O Winner of a 2012 MacArthur Fellowship Investigates the fundamental principles of graph theory O Associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University Holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University Maryam Mirzakhani ............. Winner of the 2013 American Mathematical Society Satter Prize, the Blumenthal Award, and a Clay Mathematics Institute Fellowship Named one of the "Brilliant Ten" by Popular Science in 2005 O Math professor at Stanford University, specializing in Teichmüller Theory and Ergodic Theory Closing How the To Encourage Girls GENDER GAP IN MATH The Association for O Expose them early and often Women in Mathematics was established in 1971 to: O Encourage participation in special programs, in and out of school O Encourage women and girls to study and enter careers in mathematics and related fields O Promote equal opportunity and equal treatment of girls and women in the mathematics community O Support learning opportunities in the community such as those available through Girl Scouts of the USA and the GEMS (Girls Excelling in Math & Science) Club O Match girls and women with mentors O Show girls and young women how math can be applied to solve real-world problems SOURCES Associotion for Women in Mathematics Biographies of Women Mathematicians, Agnes Scott College Directory, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University Five Ways to Get Girls into STEM, edutopia The GEMS Club: Girls Excelling in Math and Science "Gender gap disappears in school math competitions, study shows," EurekAlert Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2001-2011, Council of Graduate Schools via issuu "How to Encourage Women to Consider STEM Majors," U.S. News & World Report Education Maria Chudnovsky bio, MocArthur Foundation "Maryam Mirzakhani Receives 2013 AMS Sotter Prize," Payvand Iran News "Mattel Soys It Erred, Teen Tolk Barbie Turms Silent on Math," The New York Times "President of Horvard Tells Women's Panel He's Sorry," The New York Times "Smortest Girls Find Gender Gap in Math, Science," Pacific Standard "Stereotype Threat and Women's Math Performance," Science Direct "Women, Math, and the Addition of Stereotypes," Pocific Stondord "The Mighty Mathematician You've Never Heard Of" The New York Times Created for OnlineColleges.com © QuinStreet, Inc., 2013 L OnlineColleges ..... *........: .......