When being a girl matters less: Accessibility of gender-related self-knowledge in single-sex and coeducational classes and its impact on students' physics-related self-concept of ability

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-289

  Kessels, Ursula ^a   Hannover, Bettina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; PHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 46249125609     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709907X215938     Document Type: Article

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