Gender differences in cognitive skills and academic performance in college students;Differencias de género en habilidades cognitivas y rendimiento académico en estudiantes universitarios

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Echavarri, Maximiliano ^a,b   Godoy, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Olaz, Fabián ^a,b  

^a Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ability tests; Academic performance; Cognitive abilities; Sexual differences; Test criterion relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149190802     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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