If you had been a guidance counsellor at an elementary school for a number of years, what pattern would you most likely have observed with regard to sex differences in the cognitive achievements of your pupils?

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Research consistently shows that girls outperform boys in reading and writing throughout primary and secondary education. While girls have been shown to have slightly higher overall IQ test scores, this is not a consistent pattern. Boys have traditionally been shown to outperform girls in math abilities on average, but this gap is narrowing. There is no evidence to support the statement that boys outperform girls in reading comprehension.

If You Had Been a Guidance Counsellor at an Elementary