Problem solving strategies of girls and boys in single-sex mathematics classrooms

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-326

  Che, Megan ^a   Wiegert, Elaine ^b   Threlkeld, Karen ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^c T L Hanna High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Middle grade; Problem solving; Single sex classrooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855358152     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-011-9346-x     Document Type: Article

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