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Science 25 July 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5888, pp. 494 - 495
DOI: 10.1126/science.1160364
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Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance

Janet S. Hyde,1* Sara M. Lindberg,1 Marcia C. Linn,2 Amy B. Ellis,3 Caroline C. Williams,3

Standardized tests in the U.S. indicate that girls now score just as well as boys in math.

1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1202 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA

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

3Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: jshyde{at}wisc.edu

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