Scientists have tried to come up with biological explanations for the difference between boys and girls . However ,none were believable enough to explain the general picture .As one scientist points out ,"There are slight genetic（遗传的）differences between the sexes at birth which may affect the subjects boys and girls choose .But the difficulty is that by the time children reach school age ,there are so many other effects that it is almost impossible to tell whether girls are worse at science and maths ,or whether they’ve been brought up to think of these subjects as boys’territory’." Statistics（统计数据）show that in mathematics ,at least ,girls are equal to boys .A recent report suggests that girls only stop studying mathematics because of social attitudes .One of the reports’ authors says ,"While it is socially unacceptable for people not to be able to read and write ,it is still acceptable for women to say that they are ’hopeless’at maths.Our research shows that ,although girls get marks which are as good as the boys’ ,they have not been encouraged to do so." The explanation for the difference ,which is very clear during the teenage years ,goes as far back as early childhood experiences .From their first days in nursery school ,girls are not encouraged to work on their own or to complete tasks ,although boys are .For example ,boys and not girls ,are often asked to ’help’ with repair work .This encouragement leads to a way of learning how to solve proble***ater on in life .Evidence（证据）shows that exceptional mathematicians and scientists did not have teachers who supplied answers; they had to find out for themselves . A further report on maths teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than to girls . Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their male students to do better at mathematics and science subjects than their female students .All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects ,gives them confidence （信心）and makes them believe that they can succeed. Interestingly ,both boys and girls tend to regard such ’male’subjects like mathematics and science as difficult .Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid mathematics courses ,not because they are difficult ,but for social reasons . Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects ,and therefore ,as girls become teenagers ,they are less likely to take them up .Girls do not seem to want to be in open competition with boys .Neither do they want to do better thanboys because they are afraid to appear less females and so ,less attractive .
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科学家们试图想出了生物的解释之间的差异男孩和女孩。
然而，没有足够的解释是可信的概貌。正如一位科学家所指出的，“有轻微的遗传（遗传的）男女之间的差异在出生时可能影响受试者的男孩和女孩的选择。但难题在于在孩子到了上学的年龄，还有许多其他的影响，它是几乎不可能告诉女孩是否在科学和数学方面更差，或者他们是否已经提出了认为这些科目是boys'territory '。”
统计（统计数据）表明，在数学，至少等同于男孩，女孩。最近的一份报告表明，只有女孩停止研究数学因为社会态度。报告的第一作者说，“而被社会接受的人不能读和写，它仍然是可以接受的妇女说他们是“hopeless'at数学。我们的研究表明，虽然女孩获得商标是好是男生，也不鼓励这样做。”
解释的差异，这是很清楚的，在青少年时期，可以追溯到早期的童年经验。从他们的第一天，在幼儿园里，女孩不鼓励对自己的工作或完成任务，虽然男孩。例如，男孩而不是女孩，经常被要求帮助与维修工作。这种激励导致的学习方式如何解决的问题在以后的生活。证据（证据）表明，杰出的数学家和科学家没有老师提供答案；他们必须找出自己。
关于数学教学的进一步报告显示，教师似乎更加重视女孩比男孩。
大部分教师谁参加了这项研究承认他们期望男生能在数学和科学学科比女学生。这一切往往鼓励孩子努力学习这些科目，给他们信心（信心），使他们相信自己可以成功。
有趣的是，男孩和女孩往往把这样的male'subjects喜欢数学和科学是困难的。然而，有人认为，女孩避免数学课程，不是因为他们是困难的，而是出于社会原因。
数学与自然科学主要是男性，因此，作为女孩成为青少年，他们是不可能采取他们。女孩似乎不想在开放竞争与男孩。他们也不想做的更好thanboys因为他们害怕出现少的女性，所以，不那么有吸引力。