Annotated Bibliography

Does sexism affect a student's academic performance or the student in general? 

By: Jooeun Park

Exploring Modes of Communication among pupils in Brazil: Gender Issues in Academic Performance. By: Carlos E.Villani, Silvania S. do Nascimneto, 2008, Vol.20 Issue. 4, pg.397-398
The objective of this article's study was to identify gender issues in the academic performance of boys and girls during a physics class in a laboratory. Boys appeared to be determined to impose their will and defend their masculine identity, even at the cost of academic failure. Girls seemed to seek the approval of the teacher, and needed more affirmation for their work. This article related back to my question because these specific characteristics girls and boys both have can be shown as girl's doing better academically than boys due to sexism.


Sexism In Graduate School Classrooms.
By: Daniel J Myers, Kimberly B. Dugon 2011, University Wisconsin, The Ohio State University
This article explains how students affected by sexism act. It touches up upon the fact that gender biased behaviour is shown by students, connecting to their emotion reactions, levels of distractions and performance in class work. This answers my question by proving that the student her/him self is showing a difference in behaviour, as well as school work.

Sexism in Single Sex Secondary School By: Valerie E Lee, Helen. M. Marks, Tina Byrd, University Of Michigan, Vol. 67, Issue. 4,  pg.92-120
This article is basically a study that took place in single sex schools. Overall, the results showed that the severest forms of sexism were in an all  boy's school. This resulted in bad behaviour at school and home, as well as low marks, which again answers my question.

Overcoming Obstacles: Academic Achievements a Response To Racism and Discrimination
By: Mavis G. Sanders, The Johns Hopkins University, Vol. 66, Issue. 1, pg 83Basically, this article compares how both racism and gender discrimination have resulted in students marks decreasing which has developed to some students withdrawing from school due to the stress of their marks. This article does more that answer my question because it explains the extent of sexism.

The Impact of Perceived Gender Bias on Obstetrics and Gynecology Skills Acquisition by Third- Year Medical Students  By: Sandra L. 2004
All third year students were given an anonymous questionnaire asking whether gender had  a positive, negative, neutral effect on their learning experience. 78% of the men felt gender negatively affected their learning experience while 67% of women felt gender had a positive effect. This relates to my question by showing that men were still affected in the process of their education.