研究發現 小學女生閱讀能力高於男生大綱

Grade-school girls have consistently outperformed boys in reading skills over the past 27 years, a new study has found.
一項新研究發現，在過去的27年裏，小學女生的閱讀能力一直比男生強。

Girls in the United States have scored higher on standardized tests for reading and writing in the fourth grade -- and have increased the gap in eighth and 12th grades, according to a review by researchers at Griffith University in Australia.
澳大利亞格里菲斯大學的研究人員進行的一項調查顯示，美國女孩在四年級閱讀和寫作的標準化測試中得分較高，進而使得男生在八年級和十二年級的閱讀和寫作成績與女生的差距更爲明顯。

"The common thinking is that boys and girls in grade school start with the same cognitive ability, but this research suggests otherwise," lead author David Reilly said.
研究報告的主要撰寫人大衛·賴利表示：“人們普遍認爲，小學時，男生和女生的認知能力一開始是一樣的，但這項研究的結果卻恰恰相反。”

"Our research found that girls generally exhibit better reading and writing ability than boys as early as the fourth grade."
“我們的研究發現，從四年級開始，女生的閱讀和寫作能力就普遍比男生強。”

The research team said the difference can be due to factors such as boys being more likely to have a learning disability.
該研究團隊稱，這種差異可能是由於男孩更容易有學習障礙等因素造成的。

Other research has shown that girls use both brain hemispheres for reading and writing, while boys typically rely on just one.
另一項研究表明，通常情況下，女生使用兩個大腦半球閱讀和寫作，而男生通常只使用一個。