Student gender and teaching methods as sources of variability in children’s computational arithmetic performance

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-345

  Hopkins, Kristin B ^a   McGillicuddy De Lisi, Ann V ^a   Lisi, Richard De ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0031229812     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329709596672     Document Type: Article

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