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Showing posts with label math doesn't suck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label math doesn't suck. Show all posts

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?