Knowing is half the battle: Teaching stereotype threat as a means of improving women's math performance

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Johns, Michael ^a,b   Schmader, Toni ^a,b   Martens, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; APTITUDE; APTITUDE TEST; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; APTITUDE; APTITUDE TESTS; AROUSAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 15944403999     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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