Gender differences in mathematics achievement: Exploring the early grades and the extremes

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 239-253

  Penner, Andrew M ^a   Paret, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender differences; Kindergarten; Mathematics achievement; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149107776     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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