Gender differences in the mean level, variability, and profile shape of student achievement: Results from 41 countries

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 378-395

  Brunner, Martin ^a   Gogol, Katarzyna Marta ^b   Sonnleitner, Philipp ^b   Keller, Ulrich ^b   Krauss, Stefan ^c   Preckel, Franzis ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive gender differences; Hierarchical factor models; Large scale assessment; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880275928     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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