The study, published in the October 2015 issue of the journal Learning and Instruction, is the first to demonstrate a link between students' subconscious math self-concepts and their actual math ...

But when the researchers factored in math-gender stereotype and math self-concept beliefs, they discovered that the children's implicit -- but not explicit -- beliefs affected math scores.

Portland State University Math Education professor Eva Thanheiser has just won a $640,000 grant to preemptively reduce bias among K-12 math teachers. The effort does not develop a curriculum.

Implicit Stereotypes And Gender Identification May Affect Female Math Performance. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 01 / 070124104155.htm ...

But when the researchers factored in math-gender stereotype and math self-concept beliefs, they discovered that the children's implicit -- but not explicit -- beliefs affected math scores.