Publication Date:
1980-12-12
Description:
A substantial sex difference in mathematical reasoning ability (score on the mathematics test of the Scholastic Aptitude Test) in favor of boys was found in a study of 9927 intellectually gifted junior high school students. Our data contradict the hypothesis that differential course-taking accounts for observed sex differences in mathematical ability, but support the hypothesis that these differences are somewhat increased by environmental influences.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Benbow, C P -- Stanley, J C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Dec 12;210(4475):1262-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7434028" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adolescent
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Environment
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Female
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Humans
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Intelligence
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Logic
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Male
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Mathematics
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*Sex
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Sociology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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