Stereotyped: Investigating gender in introductory science courses

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-38

  Lauer, Shanda ^a   Momsen, Jennifer ^a   Offerdahl, Erika ^a   Kryjevskaia, Mila ^a   Christensen, Warren ^a   Montplaisir, Lisa ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; SCIENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEREOTYPING; WRITING;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SCIENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPING; WRITING;

EID: 84874857299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.12-08-0133     Document Type: Article

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