Evaluation of an attributional retraining (modeling technique) to reduce gender differences in chemistry instruction

High Ability Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-83

  Ziegler, Albert ^a   Stoeger, Heidrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 3142726281     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359813042000225348     Document Type: Article

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