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Gender differences in extreme mathematical achievement: an international perspective on biological and social factors.

AJS; American journal of sociology - 1 Jan 2008

Penner Andrew M

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Genetic and other biological explanations have reemerged in recent scholarship on the underrepresentation of women in mathematics and the sciences. This study engages this debate by using international data-including math achievement scores from the Third International Mathematics and Sciences Study and country-level data from the World Bank, the United Nations, the International Labour Organization, the World...

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PMID: 19569403
DOI: 10.1086/589252

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