Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-01-31 Thread michael sylvester
As somene who was schooled under the British educational system and who took the British Commonwealth exams,I am curious if there are data re gender about performances.Of coursse this would have to go back five or six decades ago. I took the GCE ,SC,and HSC exams.As far as I recall the boys got

[tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-01-30 Thread Britt, Michael
Does anyone have the link to the recent research showing that girls and boy's math scores really don't differ? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-01-30 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Here is a link to a brief summary of one recent world-wide study showing no overall difference in averages between males and females on measures of math achievement: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100105112303.htm However, Hyde's 1990 meta-analysis showed that gender

Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-01-30 Thread Michael Britt
Thanks for this info Jim. Sounds like a more nuanced issue than what I had heard. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Jan 30, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Jim Clark wrote: Hi Here is a link to a brief summary of one recent world-wide study showing

Re: [tips] Girls and Boys math scores

2010-01-30 Thread Allen Esterson
?On 30 January, Jim Clark wrote: Even small differences in averages translate into considerable imbalance at the extremes (favoring males at the high end), and this would be even more marked if there were differences in variability (i.e., more variability in males than females). Yes, indeed! It