GENDER ISSUES IN VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR MATHEMATICAL KANGAROO CONTEST

M Applebaum; E Heller; L Solomovich; J Zamir

GENDER ISSUES IN VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR MATHEMATICAL KANGAROO CONTEST

M Applebaum
, E Heller
, L Solomovich
, J Zamir

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Abstract

In today's technologically enhanced world, mathematics competitions have become accessible to more boys and girls interested in challenging tasks. In previous studies, we were focused on the issue of attracting girls to mathematics generally, and math competitions specifically. We found that boys showed better results. Furthermore, across all five grades (2 - 6), the girls' performance on some tasks was better than that of the boys. Further investigation is required to ascertain the existence of a particular trend, and the possible underlying factors. In this paper we present gender-related issues pertinent to virtual training for the Israeli Mathematical Kangaroo Contest in Grades 5 and 6. We evaluated whether any differences existed in participation patterns between boys and girls, and their performance in online problem-solving programmes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-66
Number of pages	16
Journal	MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Volume	63
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2020

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Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 0 Total Times Cited: 0 Cited Reference Count: 42

UN SDGs

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SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

gender
online mathematics competitions
challenge
problem-solving
SEX-DIFFERENCES
PERFORMANCE
MOTIVATION
DIVERSITY
STUDENTS
CULTURE

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GENDER ISSUES IN VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR MATHEMATICAL KANGAROO CONTEST

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