During this meeting we discussed chapter 2 and chapter 3.  In this chapter Steel presented evidence of experiments that explored this topic. For example did the negative stereotype of women and math create pressure on women’s success in mathematics classes. In these experiments steps were taken to remove the effect of stereotypes and results seemed to indicate that the stereotypes do affect performance.    We talked about experiences with the influence of stereotypes on performance. We discusses methods we could take with our students to  counteract cultural stereotypes.

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