[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Math and gender study

[Lesley Farmer]

Girls do as well as boys on standardized math examsOn second- to
11th-grade math tests, girls now score on par with their male peers,
according to research published Thursday in the journal Science. But
the perception that boys do better in math tends to endure nonetheless,
researchers say, which may discourage some girls from tackling
math-heavy careers in science and technology.Hyde, J., et al. (2008).
DIVERSITY: Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance. Science,
321(5888), 494 -
495.http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/321/5888/494

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 7/25/2008 10:20:00 AM
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