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Math vs. Verbal

Jun 01, 2007 09:00

Hyde and Linn (1988) suggest in their meta-analysis of 165 studies that gender differences in verbal ability may "no longer exist." In their paper on math and science differences in the following year, Linn and Hyde (1989) do find substantial differences, which they attribute to differences in access and encouragement. Herbert Marsh (1990) agrees ( Read more... )

marcia linn, self-concept, language tasks, janet hyde, meta-analysis, grades, gender differences, herbert marsh, sidsel skaalvik, stereotypes, self-esteem, sex differences, science, einar skaalvik, gender similarities, mathematics, education, gender stereotypes, verbal tasks

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astrogeek01 June 4 2007, 15:07:02 UTC

We are very fond of saying in our outreaches (both men & women speakers) that one succeeds in science not through some magic "smartness" but through persistence and wanting to keep working at it.

differenceblog June 4 2007, 17:07:24 UTC

You are my hero. Yes, that's it exactly.

confidence anonymous June 8 2007, 13:10:58 UTC

There was a paper on the Public Education Network site recently that said the same thing about self confidence with a twist to it that said that the best students are confident that they will get good grades if they work at it. Students who think nothing will help them got the worst grades (predictably) but students who thought they were so intelligent that they didn't have to work also had poorer performances.

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