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Published on: March 7, 2020
Females show more sustained performance during test-taking than males
Pau Balart1, Matthijs Oosterveen2
1Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Ctra de Valldemossa km 7,5, 07122, Palma, Spain. pau.balart@uib.cat.
Abstract:
Females tend to perform worse than males on math and science tests, but they perform better on verbal reading tests. Here, by analysing performance during a cognitive test, we provide evidence that females are better able to sustain their performance during a test across all of these topics, including math and science (study 1). This finding suggests that longer cognitive tests decrease the gender gap in math and science. By analysing a dataset with multiple tests that vary in test length, we find empirical support for this idea (study 2).
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