Volume 5, Number 1

Gender Stereotype Threat And Mathematics Achievement Among Secondary School Students

  Authors

Beatrice Chinonso Maduagwu¹ and Genevieve G. Agulanna², ¹University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, ²Imo State University, Nigeria

  Abstract

The study examined the relationship between gender stereotype threat and mathematics achievement among secondary school students. The research design of the study was correlational. Four hundred and two senior secondary two (SSII) students (male, n=199 & female, n=203) using multistage sampling from ten government owned schools were utilized in the study. Gender Stereotype Threat Scale (GSTS) and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) designed by the researchers were used as instruments for data collection. Results indicated that there was significant negative relationship between gender stereotype threat and mathematics achievement of students. In addition, the study revealed a statistical significant difference in gender stereotype threat between male and female students with male students having higher gender stereotype threat than female students. The study also revealed that gender factor was statistically significant with female students reporting higher mathematics achievement mean scores. The study recommended that the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of students should not depend on gender.

  Keywords

Gender Stereotype Threat, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Students, Gender