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From: martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: math anxiety and cultural conditioning--an anecdote
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Date: Wed, 30-May-84 01:06:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 30 01:06:20 1984
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Implementing complex algorithms and producing formal proofs are quite
different types of reasoning.  The majority of men (and a larger
majority of women) have difficulty producing formal proofs.  Math anxiety
is simply an excuse.

As for math training at 14 most Americans at 14 are well behind Europeans
and Japanese of same age in math.

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                    Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo

         	 (An Equal Opportunity Offender)