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Girls’ maths scores drop if classmates’ parents have biased views

Data from Chinese schools show that gender-based stereotypes of maths ability pass from parents to children — and from those children to others.
A classroom of fourth grade students studying maths with their teacher at Zhongyin Xiwang Primary School, China.

Girls in Chinese schools fare less well in maths exams when gender bias is rife among their classmates’ parents. Credit: Han Chuanhao/Avalon

Middle-school pupils in China whose classmates’ parents think that boys are better than girls at mathematics are likely to live up to those expectations1.

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Nature 604, 404 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00985-9

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  1. Eble, A. & Hu, F. Nature Hum. Behav. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01331-9 (2022).

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