Do Girls Really Experience More Anxiety in Mathematics?

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2079-2087

  Goetz, Thomas ^a,b   Bieg, Madeleine ^a,b   Lüdtke, Oliver ^c   Pekrun, Reinhard ^d   Hall, Nathan C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Thurgau University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic achievement; emotions; mathematics achievement; science education; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCES; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; EMOTIONS; MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84885356380     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613486989     Document Type: Article

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