The academic attitudes of American teenagers, 1990-2002: Cohort and gender effects on math achievement

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-780

  Dumais, Susan A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Adolescent culture; Generations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749126972     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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