Delta-K,  Feature Articles,  Volume 24, Issue 1

Expecting Girls to Be Poor in Math: Alternatively, Chance for a New Start

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 24 Issue 1, October 1984

26 – 27

Expecting Girls to Be Poor in Math: Alternatively, Chance for a New Start

Cordon Nicol

Janet Ferguson, federal Minister of Science and Technology, told a conference recently that “half-baked myths about their lack of mathematical ability are responsible for girls dropping out of sciences in high school. “