Negative Stereotypes About Boys Hinder Their Academic Achievement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212100554.htm

Feb. 12, 2013 — Negative stereotypes about boys may hinder their achievement, while assuring them that girls and boys are equally academic may help them achieve. From a very young age, children think boys are academically inferior to girls, and they believe adults think so, too. Even at these very young ages, boys' performance on an academic task is affected by messages that suggest that girls will do better than they will.

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