University of Michigan - Fathers have a major impact on the degree of interest their daughters develop in math, according to a long-term University of Michigan study that has traced the sources of the continuing gender gap in math and science performance.美国密歇根大学-父亲上有重要影响的程度，兴趣，他们的女儿发展，在数学，根据一项长期密歇根大学的研究认为，追查来源，持续的性别差距，在数学和科学方面的表现。

“We’ve known for a while now that females do as well as males on tests that measure ability in math and science,” said Pamela Davis-Kean, a psychologist at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR). "我们早知道了一会儿说，现在女性以及男性对测试测量能力，在数学和科学方面， "说，东区尤德夫人那打戴维斯-基恩，心理学家在这个研究所社会研究（狭窄） 。 “But women are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math graduate programs and in careers based on those disciplines.” "但妇女仍处于偏低的，在科学，技术，工程和数学研究生课程，并在择业基于这些纪律" 。

It’s as if women are saying, “I can, but I don’t want to,” according to Davis-Kean.它的，因为如果妇女说： "我可以，但我不希望， "根据戴维斯-基恩。

Davis-Kean and colleagues analyzed how parents’ values and attitudes affect children’s math performance and later interest, and how these attitudes vary by the child’s gender.戴维斯-基恩和他的同事分析了如何父母的价值观和态度会影响孩子的数学表现和后来的利益，以及如何将这些不同的态度，由孩子的性别。 They used data from a longitudinal study of more than 800 children and a large group of their parents that began in 1987 and continued through 2000.他们使用的数据，从纵向研究的800多名儿童和一大群他们的家长说，始于1987年，并一直持续到2000年。

They found that parents provided more math-supportive environments for their sons than for their daughters, including buying more math and science toys for the boys.他们发现，家长提供了更多的数学支持性环境，为他们的儿子比自己的女儿，包括购买更多的数学和科学玩具为男孩。 They also spent more time on math and science activities with their sons than with their daughters.他们还花了更多的时间对数学和科学的活动，与他们的儿子比自己的女儿。

Davis-Kean and colleagues also found that parents’ attitudes, particularly stereotypes they hold about whether math and science are more important for boys than for girls, have a significant effect on their children’s later math achievement, and even on their eventual career choices.戴维斯-基恩和他的同事还发现，父母的态度，尤其是刻板印象，他们可以容纳大约是否数学和科学，是更重要的，男孩比女孩，有重大影响孩子的数学后来的成就，甚至对自己的最终职业选择。

They found that girls’ interest in math decreases as their fathers’ gender stereotypes increase, whereas boys’ interest in math increases as their fathers’ gender stereotypes increase.他们发现，女孩的兴趣，在数学随其父亲的两性观念增加，而男生的兴趣，在数学随其父亲的两性观念增加。

“Fathers’ gender stereotypes are very important in supporting or in undermining daughters’ choices to pursue training in math and science,” Davis-Kean said. "父亲的性别刻板印象是非常重要的支持或破坏女儿的选择，以追求训练在数学和自然科学方面， "戴维斯-基恩说。

Editorial note - We post this news here not only because it is interesting in itself but also because academic competence and interest in learning support children’s (reality-based) self-esteem and help them to stay engaged in healthy, positive activities and pursuits, all of which contribute to a healthier lifestyle and a happier and less stressful adolescence and adulthood - Dr. Z.编者按-我们邮政这条消息在这里，不仅因为它有趣的是，在自身的发展，而且由于学术能力和学习的兴趣，支持孩子的（现实基础）的自尊心，并帮助他们留下来从事健康的，积极的活动和共同的追求，所有这些都有助于建立一个更健康的生活方式和愉快，少压力，青春期和成年期-博士种