Preschool Children's Beliefs about Gender Differences in Academic Skills

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 231-238

  del Río, M Francisca ^a   Strasser, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Academic ability; Gender gap; Kindergarten; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873525301     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0195-6     Document Type: Article

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