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Girls Close the "Math Gap"

By Chris Nolan, Majikthise. Posted July 28, 2008.


Boys have long led girls in math scores, but that's no longer the case.

Fifteen years ago, girls trailed boys by 50 points on SAT math scores. Today, the gap is gone:

But a new study, published in this week's edition of the journal Science, shows the gap has disappeared. Researchers looked at standardized test scores of more than 7 million students, ranging from the second grade to high school junior. Whatever gender differences there once existed between girls and boys in terms of math performance are gone.

"The differences are now trivial," said Janet Hyde, a professor of psychology and women's studies at the University of Wisconsin, who led the research. [ABC]

Science Journalism Tracker elaborates:



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Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.

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never bought into
Posted by: Joe on Jul 28, 2008 10:31 AM   
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i never bought into the "girls/females/women are behind in....." media reports that the left lives by.

any females that has sons need to be way more concerned about them...but that's not politically correct.

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What a surprise
Posted by: Cruella on Jul 28, 2008 10:37 AM   
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I guess women aren't just "naturally" stupid and incapable at maths then. Would someone please tell these people?!

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Reminds me of the old joke...
Posted by: realist on Jul 28, 2008 2:26 PM   
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...that the reason girls weren't as good as boys at math was because boys convinced girls that three inches was six inches.

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Well
Posted by: Cwood on Jul 28, 2008 3:57 PM   
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Obviously, they're witches.

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