Can salience of gender identity impair math performance among 7-8 years old girls? The moderating role of task difficulty

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-316

  Neuville, Emmanuelle ^a,c   Croizet, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Gender; Math performance; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048996253     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173428     Document Type: Article

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