Gender Differences in Gifted Achievement In Britain and the USA

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Joan Freeman

Professor Joan Freeman is a distinguished psychologist working in the development of human abilities to their highest levels. She has conducted and supervised substantial research, notably her continuing study of gifted children since 1974, and has published widely in this area, including 16 books. She has been honoured with The Lifetime Achievement Award for 2007 from the British Psychological Society.

By Joan Freeman

Published on 11/17/2007

In Britain, the academic achievements of gifted girls in grade school are surpassing those of gifted boys in almost all areas of study and at all ages, whereas this does not appear to be the case in the USA. The evidence suggests two major reasons for this difference. Emotionally, British girls are now showing greater confidence in their abilities.