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Able youths and achievement tests
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (2):263-264 (1996)
Abstract
Achievement test differences between boys and girls and between young men and young women, mostly favoring males, extend far beyond mathematics. Such pervasive differences, illustrated here, may require an explanatory theory broader than Geary's.Other Versions
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