Math-Gender Stereotypes in Elementary School Children

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 766-779

  Cvencek, Dario ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a   Greenwald, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79955579184     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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