Gender and achievement in mathematics by indigenous African students majoring in mathematics

Psychological Reports

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Cherian, Varghese I ^a   Siweya, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

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EID: 0002389397     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.1.27     Document Type: Article

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