Gender similarities in mathematics and science

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5799, 2006, Pages 599-600

  Hyde, Janet Shibley ^a   Linn, Marcia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; NUMERICAL METHOD;

CAREER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; META-ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33750437413     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132154     Document Type: Review

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28. This study was funded in part through grants from NSF, REC 0635444, 0207109, 9980620, and 0233649, and ESI-0242701, 97203B4, and 0334199. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.