Stereotype threat in classroom settings: The interactive effect of domain identification, task difficulty and stereotype threat on female students' maths performance

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-338

  Keller, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34250019993     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X113662     Document Type: Article

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