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Itiswellknownthatteenageboystendtodobetter1)maththangirls,thatmalehighschoolstudentsaremorelikelythantheirfemalecounterparts2)advancedmathcourseslikecalculus,thatvirtuallyallthegreatmathematicians3)men
Arewomenbornwith4)mathematicalabilityOrdoessociety'ssexismslowtheirprogressIn1980,twoJohnsHopkinsUniversityresearcherstried5)theeternalnature/nurturedebate
JulianStanleyandCamillaBenbow6)10,000talentedseventhandeighthgradersbetween1972and1979
UsingtheScholasticAptitudeTest,inwhichmathquestionsaremeanttomeasureabilityratherthanknowledge,theydiscovered7)sexdifferences
8)theverbalabilitiesofthemalesandfemales9)differed,twiceasmanyboysasgirlsscoredover500(onascaleof200to800)onmathematicalability;atthe700level,theratiowas14to1
Theconclusion:maleshave10)superiormathematicalreasoninga