Char and Jim Morrow on New Math Study
November 05, 2008
November 05, 2008
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Nov. 5 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news release:
A recent study by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) examining the participation of boys and girls in elite national and international mathematics competitions concluded that the U.S. fails to develop the mathematical potential of gifted students, particularly girls. It found that girls who do succeed at the highest levels are immigrants, or children of immigrants, from countries where mat . . .
A recent study by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) examining the participation of boys and girls in elite national and international mathematics competitions concluded that the U.S. fails to develop the mathematical potential of gifted students, particularly girls. It found that girls who do succeed at the highest levels are immigrants, or children of immigrants, from countries where mat . . .