Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade.

Nature · 2025 · PMC7618463 · PMID 40500443

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Boys and girls exhibited very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys became highly significant after 4 months of schooling and reached an effect size of about 0.20 after 1 year.

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