The role of ethnicity on the gender gap in mathematics

Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 207-219

  Walters, Alyssa M ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 80051885755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614446.011     Document Type: Chapter

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