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Mounting Case Against Notion that Boys Are Born Better at Math — Harvard Gazette
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Mounting case against notion that boys are born better at math — Harvard Gazette
Science & Tech Mounting case against notion that boys are born better at math Elizabeth Spelke studies French testing data, finds no gender gap until instruction begins Christy DeSmith Harvard Staff Writer July 3, 2025 6 min read Elizabeth Spelke. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debat…
When boys and girls start school, there is hardly any difference in their math performance, but after just four months, a gap in favor of boys appears, according to a study published in Nature. The research analyzed data from 2.6 million students in first and second grade (between five and seven years old) in France between 2018 and 2022. The effect of this “small but already highly significant” gap identified four months after starting school q…
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