Gender stereotypes at home may hamper female students’ ability to progress in the classroom, research suggests

Archived version: https://archive.ph/YJ1RU

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    That seems wrong. I underestimate my son’s skills and therefore made him practice more than my daughter who was always in GT math.

    If I had overestimated my son’s math skills, he wouldn’t be doing as well today.

    • Phegan@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I think it’s more an overestimation of their potential and ceiling, therefore they invest more time.