Spatial and Numerical Predictors of Measurement Performance: The Moderating Effects of Community Income and Gender

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-311

  Casey, Beth M ^a   Dearing, Eric ^a   Vasilyeva, Marina ^a   Ganley, Colleen M ^a   Tine, Michele ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Income level; Mathematics; Measurement; Sex differences; Spatial skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957812034     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022516     Document Type: Article

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