Teachers' beliefs and gender differences in mathematics: A review

Educational Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-76

  Li, Qing ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mathematics; Student achievement; Student behaviours; Student beliefs; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033096485     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188990410106     Document Type: Review

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