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The issue of selection of students into programmes and the identification of potential is a thorny one and the subject of much discussion in access programmes. In this chapter we examine admission and issues of equity in several countries and how disadvantage is taken into account. The chapter outlines a wide variety of measures used in selection in relation to their effectiveness as well as predictors...
U.S. females compare favorably with males in some mathematics achievement data, as well as in high school mathematics coursework and grades. These accomplishments have led to contentions by the popular press—and at times the mathematics education community—that females are now on par with males in mathematics. This public perception threatens to diminish continued, needed support for females in mathematics...
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