Confidence in mathematics and its consequences: Gender differences among Israeli Jewish and Arab youth[1]

Gender and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-92

  Mittelberg, David ^a   Lev Ari, Lilach ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0042351190     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540259920771     Document Type: Article

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