The aim of this study is to provide a review of the literature on the gender gap in higher education and gender differences in cooperation and competitiveness. Currently, women participate at least as much as men at all levels of education, including higher education. However, the literature indicates that women still face bias and barriers in specific areas of science and mathematics (Wood, 2009). They use Mini Research Project (MRP) and Device Experiments (DE) these two strategies to create a questionnaire. Participation in the MRP was voluntary and they could choose who they wanted to work with and organize themselves into groups of 2 students. The 12 students (7 men and 5 women) who successfully completed the MRP were organized into 3 mixed groups, 1 female-only group and 2 male-only groups. The DEs were small scientific demonstrations carried out by a laboratory technician in front of small groups of 4 students. Participation in the DE was voluntary, but students were previously selected and invited to participate based on their grades. Gender balance was taken into account in the distribution of groups, resulting in an all-male group, an all-female group, and a mixed group (2 males and 2 females). The result of this study is that female students are more cooperative than their male counterparts and male students are more competitive than their male counterparts.