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| June 01, 2002 | Angelo, Jean Marie; Branch, Al | COPYRIGHT 2007 Professional Media Group LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

While there is little difference between fourth- and eighth-grade boys and girls when it comes to math and science knowledge, the performance gap swings heavily in favor of boys by high school, according to the most recent installment of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.

The gulf between boys and girls in math and science has been a problem for years, but what the TIMSS survey shows is that the gap has closed between the sexes at the lower grades to the point of being virtually nonexistent. By the time students reach high school, however, girls tend to shy away from math and science in part because fewer efforts are made to motivate them in these…

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