Gender differences in teachers' perceptions of students' temperament, educational competence, and teachability

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-206

  Mullola, Sari ^a   Ravaja, Niklas ^a,b   Lipsanen, Jari ^a   Alatupa, Saija ^a   Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEMPERAMENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CULTURE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACULTY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84860992012     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2010.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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