A Preliminary Analysis of the Discrepancies in Intelligence Between Male and Female Students at the Junior Middle School Level

Abstract

In recent years, a problem that deserves study has cropped up and has elicited the close attention of schools, society, and parents. People have been concerned about, and are discussing, the following problem: It appears that female students, through childhood and through the stage of primary school, in general perform better and are better in their studies than male students; however, when they come to the later stages of junior middle school, they gradually fall behind male students. Why? Is there a discrepancy between female and male students in terms of the development and growth of intelligence? Are the discrepancies in scholastic performance and grades entirely the consequence of [discrepancies in] intelligence? If there is such a discrepancy, then how should we deal with it? We think that it is essential to study this lesson in depth. It relates to the question of how we can cultivate the abilities [of young people] in accordance with the laws that govern their mental and physical growth and promote the development of intelligence so as to produce talent more quickly and produce the best people we can. This is an important issue that has a bearing on the four modernizations.