Attributional patterns and perceptions of math and science among fifth-grade through seventh-grade girls and boys1

Sex Roles

Volumn 35, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 489-506

  Gilbert, Melissa C ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0030356690     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01544133     Document Type: Article

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