| Abstract [eng] |
The academic faculties of the world universities in the fields of mathematics, engineering, and science are predominantly male. Therefore, there are many debates on the issue of gender differences on math achievement. In Lithuania this issue is also up for discussion. However, first of all, differences between girls and boys in learning mathematics should be investigated. This is the main purpose of the present work. The work is made of four parts. The first analysis is based on theoretical investigations. Factors that can cause gender differences in math perfomance are analysed. Then, the results of math olympiads and the results of TIMSS study math tests are investigated. Moreover, the results of tests made by Lithuanian fourth and eighth grade students are presented. Finally, the conclusions are made. The main conclusion of the work is that overall math perfomance of girls and boys in school is the same. However, research on math olympiads results show that boys during olympiades perform much better than girls. This is mainly because non-standard tasks seem to be performed much better by boys than by girls. |
