What is the best model for girls and boys faced with a standardized mathematics evaluation situation: A hardworking role model or a gifted role model?

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 536-543

  Bagès, Céline ^a   Martinot, Delphine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052409110     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2010.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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