A League of Their Own: Do Single-Sex Schools Increase Girls' Participation in the Physical Sciences?

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 712-724

  Cherney, Isabelle D ^a   Campbell, Kaitlin L ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coeducational schools; Gender differences; Occupational choices; Single sex schools; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053969733     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0013-6     Document Type: Article

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