Showing posts with label Gender in Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gender in Science. Show all posts

20 December 2006

Gender in Science, Science 2006

Science vol. 314 (5799) 27 Oc t. 2006
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol314/issue5799/index.dtl?etoc

On the Lack of Women in Academic Science by Mielczarek et al.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5799/592c?etoc

Gender Similarities in Mathematics and Science by Janet Shibley Hyde and Marcia C. Linn
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/314/5799/599?etoc
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.