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• Investigating pupils’ images of mathematicians
• Your pupils images of mathematicians and mathematics

Picker, S. H. & Berry, J. (2000). Investigating pupils’ images of mathematicians. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 43(1), 65-94.

This article presents the findings of an international research study (n = 476) in which pupils ages 12-13, in a variation of Margaret Meade’s "Draw a Scientist Test" were asked to "draw a mathematician at work". There were many disturbing images produced by the pupils from Finland, Sweden, Rmania, the US and UK, and yet the primary finding is that for these children, mathematicians and the work they do are invisible and media images have filled the void.

Berry, J. & Picker, S. H. (2000). Your pupils images of mathematicians and mathematics. Mathematics in Schools, 29(3), 24-26. Reprinted: (2000). IOWME (International Organisation of Women and Mathematics Education) Newsletter, 14(1), 13-19.

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