Sex differences in historical knowledge and school grades: A 26 nation study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1221-1229

  Wilberg, Sylwia ^b   Lynn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Gender differences; Historical knowledge; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005710075     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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