The effects of mathematical achievement and cognitive ability on girls' and boys' mathematics self-concept

Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 210-218

  Manger, Terje ^a   Eikeland, Ole Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Inst Studs Res H   (Norway)

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