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"Tests are written by people and their biases recognized or unrecognized will end up in tests" Honestly I have an extremely hard time imagining how math exams
by blahblah3 11y ago
"Tests are written by people and their biases recognized or unrecognized will end up in tests"
Honestly I have an extremely hard time imagining how math exams are gender biased. Have you even taken a look at this year or past imo's? You're speaking completely hypothetically and it sounds like nonsense.
Here is problem 2: Determine all triples (a,b,c) of positive integers such that each of the numbers ab-c,bc-a,ca-b is a power of 2.
As for: "perceptions of gender differentials in math" , sure that should be worked on. But it is not the fault of the contest organizes or team selectors who uses a series of objective exams and scores to determine the team members.
- RA_Fisher 11y agoSure, but I doubt the same is true for all of the tests and educational materials that preceded this particular test. Or, or perhaps the teachers. Women are commonly beat down and told they suck and are inferior to men in STEM areas or tokenized or marginalized. All I'm asking for is that we examine, "why might a gender imbalance exist?"
- yumadbro 11y agoHave you considered the possibility that women are mentally inferior at math, like the same way they have inferior spatial awareness, and physical strength. What do want to do? Sue god for sexism? The way you handle this cognitive dissonance is fascinating.