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Title: Girls = Boys at Math
Post by: Natasha on July 25, 2008, 01:08:20 PM
Post by: Natasha on July 25, 2008, 01:08:20 PM
Girls = Boys at Math
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/724/1 (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.
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/724/1 (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.