School motivation of boys and girls: Differences of degree, differences of kind, or both?

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-146

  Martin, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Sex differences; Student motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044232188     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530412331283363     Document Type: Article

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