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Girls = Boys at Math

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Girls = Boys at Math

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/724/1
By David Malakoff
7/24/2008

Zip. Zilch. Nada. There's no real difference between the scores of U.S. boys and girls on common math tests, according to a massive new study. Educators hope the finding will finally dispel lingering perceptions that girls don't measure up to boys when it comes to crunching numbers.
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