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No Gap Found In Math Abilities of Girls, Boys

sciencehabit writes "For anyone who still believes that boys are better at math than girls, a massive new study published today in Science shows there's no difference. 'Among students with the highest test scores, the team did find that white boys outnumbered white girls by about two to one. Among Asians, however, that result was nearly reversed. Hyde says that suggests that cultural and social factors, not gender alone, influence how well students perform on tests.' But the researchers do note a disturbing trend towards omitting harder kinds of math questions from standardized tests."

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  1. What! by rob1980 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next they'd have you believe that girls fart and use the internet too... I'm not buying it!

  2. Nonsense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a boy, and I've met girls who I'm better at math than.

    Therefore boys are better at math than girls.

    Heh, stupid girls probably can't even follow simple basic logic like that ;-)

  3. easy deduction: by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    white boys should breed with asian girls, creating an uberrace of math chomping supergenius kids

    i for one welcome our eurasian einsteinchan overlords

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  4. Re:The Important Question.... by gparent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because obviously if it was conducted by a male, it will be biased toward boys and if it was conducted by a female, it will be biased toward girls, right?

    Thus, I hereby suggest hiring a transsexual robot to lead the next survey.

  5. Re:No surprise by bigplrbear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trust me, I know lots of girls who aren't afraid to touch IT

  6. Re:What? by AP31R0N · · Score: 5, Funny

    Americans are better at counting than Brits, as Brits seem to think there is more than one math.

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