Cultural stereotypes as gatekeepers: increasing girls’ interest in computer science and engineering by diversifying stereotypes

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, February 2015

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Stereotypes about what boys and girls supposedly like aren’t hard to find. Toy advertisements send signals that science and…

By Allison Master Assistant Professor of Education, University of Houston, Andrew N.

computer scientists are women. Stereotypes about what boys and girls supposedly like aren’t hard to find.

Only about 1 in 5 computer scientists are women. Rachel Murray/ for MGA Entertainment Stereotypes about what boys and girls…

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