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Study Of 1.6 Million Grades Shows Little Gender Difference In Maths And Science At School
There is a stubborn stereotype that maths and science are masculine. But our study of the school grades of more than 1.6 million students shows that girls and boys perform similarly in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. The research, published today in Nature Communications, also shows that girls do better than boys in…