How do we make sure that girls receive an equitable education in mathematics? And what exactly does "equitable" mean, as distinct from "equal"?

• Dr. Patricia B. Campbell has written a series of brochures on gender equity in math and science teaching:(most in Adobe Acrobat format)
  • Why Me? Why My Classroom? The Need for Equity in Coed Math and Science Classes.
  • Whose Responsibility Is It? Making Coeducation Work in Math & Science: The Administrator's Role.
  • Girls Are... Boys Are... : Myths, Stereotypes & Gender Differences.
  • Making It Happen: Pizza Parties, Chemistry Goddesses & Other Strategies that Work for Girls and Others.
  • Tools AreCool And So Am I: An abstract of the evaluation of Family Tools and Technology.
  • The Gender Wars in Education
  • No, Virginia, There Is No Math Gene
• From Equity Online comes a a collection of useful studies, articles, etc. from the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Program and others.
• The Math Forum maintains a list of links on Math Equity & Access.
• Comprehensive advice on Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms comes from students of Brown University, U.S.A. (includes a bibliography).
• Gender Inequities. "Teachers and administrators can use the following strategies to reduce or eliminate gender inequities in mathematics."
• See also Gender Equity in Education: Additional Resources; in particular the Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology section, and the Research/Gender Equity in Education section. An extensive listing of books, pamphlets, programs, etc.
• Equity Issue Publications from the Women in Math Project site (project directed by Marie Vitulli)
• Annotated Bibliography of Books Related to Gender Equity in Math and Science maintained by Tish Krieg. Bibliographical entries of books related to gender equity in math and science.
• Gender Equity in Education A List of Sites Related to Gender Equity by Martha C. Phelps-Borrowman
• Creating Gender Equity in Your Teaching from the College of Engineering, University of California, Davis.
• Two articles by Jay Hill: Are Issues of Equity in Mathematics the Same across Racial, Ethnic, Class, and Gender Boundaries? and Equity vs. Equality?,
• Ensuring Equity and Excellence in Mathematics, from Pathways to School Improvement, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
• Equal Mathematics Education for Female Students. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 78.
• Gender Equity for Mathematics and Science. A Conference of the Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program for Teachers
• Weaving Gender Equity - Home Page "Weaving Gender Equity into Math Reform seeks to assist staff developers, curriculum writers, and workshop leaders in expanding the equity content of their workshops, videos, and written materials for teachers."

Information directed towards girls, and programs for girls.

• CAGIS (Canadian Association for Girls in Science). CAGIS is a network of girls, aged 7-16 who like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and want to learn more. Members meet once or twice each month to explore science with women who have chosen these fields as careers.
• EGEMS: Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science. One goal of this project is to "support range of learning style preferences (gender issues) Boys and girls learn in different manners. In many cases, our studies show that girls often progress more meticulously than boys in playing games. This does not imply that girls learn slower or less than boys at a given time, but that girls seems to be engaged in other exploring activities while boys tends to march through the levels in the game; and we want our games to be supportive of both. "
• Expect the Best from a Girl "PARENTS - not peers or the media - have the strongest influence on their daughters' self-esteem and life choices." Useful information and strategies for parents.
• Girls to the Fourth Power Algebra Program is a pilot algebra tutoring program that was run in the summer of 1996 in the Palo Alto/Menlo Park/Atherton area.
• "The Internet for Girls: Connecting Girls With Math, Science and Technology" by Donna Woodka
• Careers that Count. "This brochure was created to encourage individuals to look at the mathematical sciences as a possible career choice and includes profiles of 15 mathematicians, all women! " from the AWM.

Material for young women studying mathematics at university, or considering it.

• Alberta Women's Science Network "To give women opportunities to realize their full potential and to attain a higher profile in society through visibility, networking and programs designed to fulfill these goals. "
• Construction Technology for women on the need for technological training in Canada. From WITT (Women in Trades and Technology)
• WOMEN AND MATHEMATICS: A Program for Winning Women into Mathematics (administered by the MAA). "WAM is an advising and mentoring program whose purpose is to stimulate interest in mathematics among all students, regardless of their career choices".
• What Affects Women's Decisions to Pursue Graduate Degrees in Mathematics? the summary of a presentation given at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 10-13, 1996, Orlando, Florida.
• Equal Mathematics Education for Female Students By Wendy Schwartz and Katherine Hanson, ERIC/CUE Digest, No. 78, Feb 1992

Articles, studies, etc., for teachers, administrators and others interested in understanding the issues facing girls and women studying mathematics.

• The 'Archives' section of the SWIFT project ("Supporting Women in InFormation Technology") includes the paper "Patterns of Women's Enrollment in University Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science in Canada, 1972-1995" by Tahany M. Gadalla. Numerous graphs convey the data clearly. Differences among the disciplines, as well as among Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. enrollments, are examined.
• Urban MAST. (Women and Minorities in MAth, Science, and Technology) "The purposes of the Urban MAST home page are to increase awareness of contributions of women and minorities in MAth, Science and Technology. . . ."
• AAUW Research Initiatives (American Association of University Women). Many research reports of the issues girls face in schools in the U.S.A. Also REPORT FINDS SEPARATING BY SEX NOT THE SOLUTION TO GENDER INEQUITY IN SCHOOL,, an AAUW news release.
• Exploring Your Future In Math And Science: Encouraging Women in the Sciences, a study by Andrew Frank-Loron, Jennifer Handrich, and Chia-Chen Wu, was part of a final project for a Women's Studies course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Math Ability/Performance Publications from the Women in Math Project site (project directed by Marie Vitulli) See also Confidence as a Predictor, Scholastic Aptitude Test, Spatial Ability, Math Anxiety from the same site.
• Differences in Cognitive and Learning Styles Publications also from the Women in Math Project site
• Gender Issues in Math and Technology An NSF (America) funded project that "will examine the intersection of gaming, mathematics knowledge, and gender . . "
• See also ENC ONline for extensive bibliographies on education reform, many relevant to the education of girls.