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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Math Doesn't Suck: Hopeful Numbers



The entire featured Math series by Danica McKellar is a huge boon for girls who thought they weren't good at math (how silly is that?).

Here are some hopeful stats from a Girls Inc. study that make it clear that girls rock the numbers:
  • Among SAT takers a higher percentage of young women than young men are enrolled in honors math courses (55% vs 45%).
  • Grade point averages in math and the natural sciences are higher for young women than for young men.
  • Women earn 47% of bachelor’s degrees in mathematics.
Aw, yeah! Any math-readergirlz out there?
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3 comments:

Lorie Ann Grover said...

Woohoo! Thanks, Melissa!

February 2, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Micol Ostow said...

I wish! Maybe if I'd had Danica's books.
But my husband is a numbers guy, so I have my fingers crossed for our future children...

February 2, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Little Willow said...

Yay for numbers!

This week's episode of The Cape (a new show on NBC) featured guest star Mena Suvari as a woman who had a special talent related to numbers.

In Scott Westerfeld's Midnighters trilogy, math is a superpower.

:)

February 2, 2011 at 6:33 PM

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