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How Can We Encourage Girls to Pursue STEM Disciplines?
When we see alarming statistics about gender disparities in STEM disciplines, we quite naturally wonder…
Sleeplessness Harms Women’s Thinking More Than Men’s?
You can understand why this study lit up my twitter feed recently. It makes a…
Mindset, Gender, and Intelligence: Confusing Myth or Painful Truth
In this research, there was no consistent gender split on Mindset. And, for men as well as women, intelligence level didn’t consistently influence Mindset; nor did a Growth Mindset predict academic accomplishment. Continue reading
More Thoughts on Gender Differences
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a skeptic about gender differences in learning….
The Battle of the Sexes, in Headlines
Two articles jumped out at me today because of the illustrative way they clash with…
Rates of ADHD Diagnosis: Age, Gender, and Race
Dr. David Rabiner offers a helpful summary of trends in ADHD diagnoses. The short version:…
Promoting STEM for Women by Requiring More High School Math....
How can we encourage young women to pursue STEM fields? In the German state of Baden-Württemberg,…
Gender Differences in Dyslexia Diagnoses
It has long been true that men are diagnosed with dyslexia more often than women….
“Nevertheless, She Persisted”
If you watched the Oscars this past weekend, or simply had lucky t.v. timing over…
Gender and Competition
According to new research, a key difference might be the choice of opponent. Whereas men typically prefer…