From todays Sydney Morning Herald: Bravado puts boys in maths fast lane
BOYS have an overinflated sense of their maths ability compared with girls and their overconfidence translates to greater success in the workplace. A study of 1323 boys and girls at three co-educational high schools in Sydney has found boys and girls are equally competent in maths. Girls were found to be less interested and less confident, but more realistic about their abilities than boys, who overrated their competence. That overconfidence led to more boys choosing more difficult maths subjects for the HSC and aiming towards high-status maths- and science-related careers. Dr Helen Watt, of Monash University, said her three-year study of Sydney students in years 7 to 11 suggested girls needed to be told they were just as capable as boys. Strategies to increase girls' participation could include linking maths to social uses, such as medicine, she said. Anna Patty ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/pyIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boysed/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boysed/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
