Is gender a factor in mathematics performance among Nigerian preservice teachers?

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 749-753

  Arigbabu, Abayomi A ^a,b   Mji, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Gender stereotypes; Mathematics performance; Nigeria; Preservice teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844275607     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-004-0724-z     Document Type: Article

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