字典翻译 问答 小学 英语 【Traditionhasitthatboysaregoodatcountingandgirlsaregoodatreading.SomuchsothatMattelonceproducedatalkingBarbiedollwhosestockofphrasesincluded“Mathclassistough!”Althoughmuchismadeofdifferencesbetween】
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【Traditionhasitthatboysaregoodatcountingandgirlsaregoodatreading.SomuchsothatMattelonceproducedatalkingBarbiedollwhosestockofphrasesincluded“Mathclassistough!”Althoughmuchismadeofdifferencesbetween】
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Traditionhasitthatboysaregoodatcountingandgirlsaregoodatreading.SomuchsothatMattelonceproducedatalkingBarbiedollwhosestockofphrasesincluded“Mathclassistough!”

Althoughmuchismadeofdifferencesbetweenthebrainsofadultmalesandfemalesthesourcesofthesedifferencesareamatterofcontroversy.Somepeopleputforwardculturalexplanationsandnoteforexamplethatwhengirlsaretaughtseparatelyfromboystheyoftendobetterinsubjectssuchasmathsthanifclassesaremixed.Othersclaimthatthedifferencesarerootedinbiologyaretherefrombirthandexistbecausegirls’andboys’brainshaveevolvedtohandleinformationindifferentways.

LuigiGuisooftheEuropeanUniversityInstitutehasjustpublishedtheresultsofastudywhichsuggeststhatcultureexplainsmostofthedifferenceinmathsat1east.Inthisweek’sSciencetheyshowthatthegapinmathematicsscoresbetweenboysandgirlsvirtuallydisappearsincountrieswithhighlevelsofsexualequalitythoughthereadinggapremains.

Dr.Guisotookdatafromthe2003OECDProgrammeforInternationalStudentAssessment.Onaveragegirls’mathsscoreswerelowerthanthoseofboys.Howeverthegapwaslargestincountrieswiththeleastequalitybetweenthesexeswhileitvanishedincountrieswherethesexesaremoreor1essequaltooneanother.Theresearchersalsodidsomeadditionalstatisticalcheckstoensurethecorrelationwasmaterial.Theysaytheirdatathereforeshowthatimprovementsinmathsscoresarerelatednottoeconomicdevelopmentbutdirectlytoimprovementsinthesocialpositionofwomen.Howeverthegapinreadingscoresnotonlyremainedbutgotbiggerasthesexesbecamemoreequal.Averagereadingscoreswerehigherforgirlsthanforboysinallcountries.

Thissuggestsaninterestingparadox.Atfirstsightgirls’risetomathematicalequalitysuggeststheyshouldbeinvadingmaths-heavyprofessionssuchasengineering—andthatiftheyarenottheimplicationmightbethatprejudiceiskeepingthemout.HoweverasDavidRicardoobservedalmost200yearsagoeconomicoptimisationisaboutcomparativeadvantage.Theriseinfemalereadingscoresalongsidetheirmathsscoressuggeststhatfemalecomparativeadvantageinthisareahasnotchanged.Accordi

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