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Math Identity Program for Boys — College

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Free, no email, no last names. A first name and one solved problem is the whole sign-up.

Math identity is measured with two sentences: "I see myself as a math person" and "Others see me as a math person." 44% and 46% of eleventh graders agree.

48% of boys call themselves math people. More than half still do not.

ages 18 to 24Levels 3 to 5

Who signs up. The student signs up.

What a proof looks like. Levels 3 to 5 in math, plus the science bank: variables, controls, and correlation against cause.

What a witness says. "You explained that experiment design to the whole study group. I see a science person."

The next step. Open a STEM Farm track and declare it.

Start here: one problem

A first name or nickname is all we ask for. No email, no last name, no birthday. For a child under 13, a parent or teacher signs up and sits beside them.

What the national data says

44%say it
43%STEM majors if they agreed
31%STEM majors if they disagreed
+12point lift

In 2012 NSF asked eleventh graders whether they agreed with “I see myself as a math person.” 44% did. In 2016, 43% of those who agreed were STEM majors, against 31% of those who disagreed.

Among Male students: 48% agreed; 45% of those who agreed became STEM majors, against 32% of those who disagreed.

Being seen counts as much as seeing it yourself: for “Others see me as a math person.” the figures are 43% and 30%. Test confidence is more common (65% have it) and weaker: 39% against 31%.

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Largest metro areas

Newark, NJ11New York, NY7Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA7Chicago, IL11Dallas, TX12Fort Worth, TX7Houston, TX13Atlanta, GA16Washington, DC13Miami, FL3Philadelphia, PA7Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale, AZ3Boston, MA–NH7San Francisco–Oakland, CA8Detroit, MI12Seattle–Tacoma, WA10Minneapolis, MN13Tampa–St. Petersburg, FL4San Diego, CA1Denver–Aurora, CO11Orlando, FL7Charlotte, NC–SC13Baltimore, MD6St. Louis, MO12

By age

Preschoolages 3 to 5Grades K to 2ages 5 to 8Grades 3 to 5ages 8 to 11Grades 6 to 8ages 11 to 14Grades 9 and 10ages 14 to 16Grades 11 and 12ages 16 to 18Collegeages 18 to 24Adultsage 25 and up

Questions people ask

Math identity program for boys?

Free, no email, no last names. A first name and one solved problem is the whole sign-up. Math identity is measured with two sentences: "I see myself as a math person" and "Others see me as a math person." 44% and 46% of eleventh graders agree.

Why can't I claim it right away?

Because in the national data a claim with nothing behind it does not move anything. Here the claim unlocks after one graded proof and one witness, so the sentence means what it says.

What do I get for sharing my link?

2 points for each new person who opens it, 40 when someone joins through it and solves their own proof, 20, 10, 5, 2.5 and 1.25 for the generations below them, and 20 more when someone you brought in reaches their own claim. The Share badges run from 1 recruit to 81 and from a chain 2 deep to 13 deep.

Does it cost anything?

No. There is nothing to buy, and no badge, rank or point can be bought. A purchase never fires a trigger.

What do you collect about my child?

A first name or nickname, a role, a language and, if you choose, a county. No email, no last name, no birthday. For a child under 13 the adult signs up and sits beside them.

Sources. National figures are from the National Science Board and the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Elementary and Secondary STEM Education (NSB-2021-1): special tabulations of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, tables SK12-28, SK12-27 and K12-5. The study shows that the identity came first and the major followed; it was not an experiment. This campaign asks its members the same four identity questions every 30 days so its own results can be set beside the national ones. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020).