The implications for academic attainment of perceived gender-appropriateness upon spatial task performance

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-215

  Brosnan, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347571157     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1998.tb01284.x     Document Type: Article

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