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Science 27 October 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5799, pp. 599 - 600
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132154
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Education Forum

DIVERSITY:
Enhanced: Gender Similarities in Mathematics and Science

Janet Shibley Hyde1* and Marcia C. Linn2

Boys and girls have similar psychological traits and cognitive abilities; thus, a focus on factors other than gender is needed to help girls persist in mathematical and scientific career tracks.

1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

2Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jshyde{at}wisc.edu

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