The Gender Gap in Advanced Math and Science Course Taking: Does Same-Sex Education Make A Difference?

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 670-679

  Feniger, Yariv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender differences; High school; Israel; Science; Single sex schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053941286     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9851-x     Document Type: Article

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