Kjønnsforskjeller i matematikk : Hvilke holdninger har gutter og jenter i ungdomsskolen til matematikk-faget?

2019

Masteroppgave matematikkdidaktikk MA502 – Universitetet i Agder 2019 The topicfor thismaster thesis is: “Gender differences in mathematics” andthe research-questionis: “Which attitudes do boys and girls have in lower secondary school towards mathematics?”. In order toanswer this research-question,a triangulation of methods has been used through: interview with sixpupils, survey with 151 respondents and 99 pupils have taken a test. The selection in this study consisted of fiveclasses in 8thgrade, twoclasses in 9thgrade and twoclasses in 10thgrade. Previously, this is a subject that has a lot of research within, but there no clear answers on pupils’attitude towards mathematicsin lower seconda…