In conclusion, the author feels that in spite of there being no statistical differences in the girls’ achievement levels in her study, there are many implications that can be made concerning her female students and how they learn. The researcher’s female students are already aware of a difference in math between themselves and their male classmates. As can be seen in the survey, they feel that boys are better in math, math comes more easily to the boys, and the boys can be distracting for the girls. The
foundation has already been laid in fifth grade for a possible future mathematics gender gap among her students. If the difference has already been seen in the researcher’s fifth grade classroom, it makes the researcher wonder how much earlier the difference can be detected.