Conferences Personnel Strategic Policy Home Gender Differences in Mathematics and Science Achievement. While female students perform as well as male students in mathematics, they are at a disadvantage in science. Engagement in information-gathering activities is positively associated with both mathematics and science achievement. Engagement in leisure activities, however, is negatively associated with science achievement.
Students reporting more hands-on experience in science lessons also perform better in science.
However, more engagement in information-gathering activities by females tends to reduce the observed gender gap in science, which would otherwise be larger.