Gender Differences in Ways of Knowing: The Context Dependence of the Attitudes toward Thinking and Learning Survey

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 693-699

  Ryan, Michelle K ^a,b   David, Barbara ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Self categorization theory; Ways of knowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346957258     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000003342.16137.32     Document Type: Review

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