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Depends whether or not it is true. There were plenty of complaints that girls grades overtook boys as a result of courses becoming more coursework-based than exam-based. I don't know if studies have been done on gender differences in these regards. Not really about inferior.
I'm aware of the notion that boys do better at exams and girls do better at coursework (one reason to explain why girls do a lot better at school now). But it does come across as insulting. Maybe inferior wasn't implied. Should they restructure grading so that its gender neutral?
Switch to x% coursework and y% exam based and keep changing percentages until an equal percentage of men and women get the top grades?!
I think a lot of studies would have to be done to see if this made that much difference but secondary to whether exams or coursework enabled greater retention of the material to be learnt.
If, for example, girls had an advantage in coursework because more conscientious on average and boys in exams coz work better under pressure on average, this wouldn't tell us anything about either's maths ability but much about ideal working processes.
Yet this would mean boys and girls excelled at different aspects of the programme. Which is fine. But does standards should be shifted?
As long as they are shifted for everyone, I see no problem with this. All got longer in the exam? No unfair advantage. The only reason not to do this would be if jobs required people to do maths under great time pressure without ability to check work.
If so, then it would be essential for people to demonstrate they could do that by doing well in exams. If the job allows for doing maths without pressure and whilst being able to consult sources if necessary, no need to have high pressure exams to test ability.
I'm against fitness and strength levels being lowered in the military to accommodate women when a certain level of fitness and strength is required to do the job, obviously. There's a reason for ensuring people perform consistently well on those tests.
I agree on this. Because of the ramifications of lowering them. I also agree we can accommodate for different strengths men and women have. Planning, pressure etc are part of this as well.
Yes. It would be a shame to lose highly able female mathematicians because exams revealed more about their ability to cope with pressure than their ability to do maths.
Hm. Yes. Tho I'd figure they would do better at the coursework in the programme to even it out. But that's a guess.
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