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(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sarah Lubienski, Indiana University; Colleen Ganley, Florida State University, and ...

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Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...