Mathematics Competitions, Gender, and Grade Level: Does Time Make Difference?

In this paper we draw on data from a large mathematics competition, for the years 1987 to 2000 and use two different but closely related measures to investigate possible gender differences in performance. Our analyses revealed that small gender differences in favour of males persisted but had decreased over time. Consistent with reports from previous studies, gender differences in performance were more marked at senior high school than at junior high school grades. (Contains 1 footnote and 4 tables.) [For complete proceedings, see ED500858.]