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Girls’ math performance equal to boys’

Posted July 25th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Education

A new study shows that girls today do just as well as boys on math tests, defying lingering stereotypes (CNN.com).

Citation: Hyde, J. S., Lindberg, S. M., Linn, M. C., Ellis, A. B., & Williams, C. C. (2008). Diversity: Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance. Science, 321(5888), 494-495.

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