> There's an unfounded gender stereotype that says women aren't as good at maths as men. Reminding them of this prior to a maths task usually undermines their p

> There's an unfounded gender stereotype that says women aren't as good at maths as men. Reminding them of this prior to a maths task usually undermines their performance - just one example of a harmful phenomenon known as stereotype threat. I taught [remedial] maths in college where the girls outperformed the boys (I suspect because they tried much, much harder), so this topic always piques my interest. I recall reading in several places that both genders do worse when one is primed (boys and girls do worse at math when you say 'boys are better at math'), but I couldn't find the studies. Does anyone have a link to the study/studies that show both genders do worse when one is primed? (While searching, I found some interesting criticism of stereotype threat due to "publication bias,"[0] which seems even more fascinating to me.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat#Criticism