How a gender gap in belonging contributes to the gender gap in physics participation

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1513, Issue , 2013, Pages 402-405

  Stout, Jane G ^a   Ito, Tiffany A ^a   Finkelstein, Noah D ^a   Pollock, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Belonging; Gender; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897637954     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4789737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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