The final question on the survey asked students to identify how they would describe themselves in math. They were to rate themselves using the terms, “poor,” “OK” (which was orally defined as average), “good,” or “wonderful” (which was orally defined as it comes easily to you). Eighty- four per cent of the females chose the middle ranking of either “OK” or “good” with most of them choosing “good” (sixty per cent chose “good” and twenty- four per cent chose “OK”). Only twelve per cent said that they were “wonderful” in math and felt that it came easily to them. Four per cent felt that they were “poor” in math.
After the treatment was completed seven weeks later, a second survey was given to the students (see Appendix C). The results did not show much change in female opinions at the conclusion of the seven weeks in a single-gender mathematics class. See Table 1 for a summary of the findings.