... previously stated, different types of intelligence are applied to one gender or the other. Michael Marland (1983) experimented with both genders to develop a hypothesis on multiple, gendered intelligence. They concluded that boys typically outperformed girls on three types of abilities: general information, arithmetical reasoning, and spatial ability. These abilities are applied to mathematical and ... scientific categories. Girls outscored boys on measures of general verbal ability, spelling, language, and memory. While these "female" types of intelligence are equally important to deve...

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