Analyzing the gender gap in Math achievement: Evidence from a large-scale US sample

Research in Education

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-112

  Cheema, Jehanzeb ^a   Galluzzo, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Math achievement; Multiple regression; OECD; PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884568835     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: 20504608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/RIE.90.1.7     Document Type: Article

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