Gender and numerical intelligence: Does motivation matter?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-147

  Steinmayr, Ricarda ^a   Wirthwein, Linda ^a   Schöne, Claudia ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expectancy value model; Gender differences; Mediation; Motivation; Numerical intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899920358     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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