Do boys and girls act differently in the classroom? A content analysis of student characters in educational psychology textbooks

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 101-107

  Yanowitz, Karen L ^a   Weathers, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Educational psychology; Gender stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042853942     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000032318.91838.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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