Hmm, not really. She actually says what you're saying -- some sex differences do exist, but we should change the environment to make things more equal, not the genes.
The bit on maths was this: "...the boys' advantage apparently rests on their innate superiority in mechanical and 3D thinking. Now, there's some evidence that girls improve considerably if they're taught in ways that circumvent this. That's the kind of thing that a fair education policy should be concerned with." -- I don't think she implies that all girls should be taught this way, just that knowing that this is an issue, programs should be designed to teach maths differently. Anyway, I still don't think this is why some girls do worse at maths, but I could be wrong.
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Date: 2007-01-08 04:59 am (UTC)The bit on maths was this: "...the boys' advantage apparently rests on their innate superiority in mechanical and 3D thinking. Now, there's some evidence that girls improve considerably if they're taught in ways that circumvent this. That's the kind of thing that a fair education policy should be concerned with." -- I don't think she implies that all girls should be taught this way, just that knowing that this is an issue, programs should be designed to teach maths differently. Anyway, I still don't think this is why some girls do worse at maths, but I could be wrong.