Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments

Jennifer Hall; Travis Robinson; Jennifer Flegg; Jane Wilkinson

Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments

Jennifer Hall, Travis Robinson, Jennifer Flegg, Jane Wilkinson

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Abstract

Examining undergraduate student experiences through a gendered lens provides insight into the gender gap in participation in university-level mathematics. In this paper, we report on findings from a comparative case study involving first- and thirdyear undergraduate students at two large Australian universities. From individual interviews with 23 undergraduate students, we found that students’ experience increasingly gendered interactions as they progress through their tertiary studies. In particular, the women participants recounted times where their gender had affected their treatment in university and described how perceptions of gender stereotypes changed the ways in which they interacted with others in their undergraduate mathematics studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Editors	Mellony Graven, Hamsa Venkat, Anthony A Essien, Pamela Vale
Place of Publication	Pretoria South Africa
Publisher	International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Pages	320-327
Number of pages	8
Volume	2
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780639821535
ISBN (Print)	9780639821528
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2019 - University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Duration: 7 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019 Conference number: 43rd https://www.up.ac.za/pme43

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	0771-100X
ISSN (Electronic)	2790-3648

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2019
Abbreviated title	PME 2019
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Period	7/07/19 → 12/07/19
Internet address	https://www.up.ac.za/pme43

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Hall, J., Robinson, T., Flegg, J., & Wilkinson, J. (2019). Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments. In M. Graven, H. Venkat, A. A. Essien, & P. Vale (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (1st ed., Vol. 2, pp. 320-327). (Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Vol. 2). International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Hall, Jennifer ; Robinson, Travis ; Flegg, Jennifer et al. / Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments. Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. editor / Mellony Graven ; Hamsa Venkat ; Anthony A Essien ; Pamela Vale. Vol. 2 1st. ed. Pretoria South Africa : International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019. pp. 320-327 (Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education).

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Hall, J, Robinson, T, Flegg, J & Wilkinson, J 2019, Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments. in M Graven, H Venkat, AA Essien & P Vale (eds), Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. 1st edn, vol. 2, Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, vol. 2, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Pretoria South Africa, pp. 320-327, Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2019, Pretoria, South Africa, 7/07/19.

Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments. / Hall, Jennifer; Robinson, Travis; Flegg, Jennifer et al.
Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. ed. / Mellony Graven; Hamsa Venkat; Anthony A Essien; Pamela Vale. Vol. 2 1st. ed. Pretoria South Africa: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019. p. 320-327 (Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; Vol. 2).

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Hall J, Robinson T, Flegg J, Wilkinson J. Students’ gendered experiences in undergraduate programs in university mathematics departments. In Graven M, Venkat H, Essien AA, Vale P, editors, Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. 1st ed. Vol. 2. Pretoria South Africa: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. 2019. p. 320-327. (Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education).

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