How gender differences in academic engagement relate to students' gender identity

Educational Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-229

  Kessels, Ursula ^a   Heyder, Anke ^a   Latsch, Martin ^a   Hannover, Bettina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

academic achievement; academic engagement; gender differences; gender identity; gender stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899941245     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2014.898916     Document Type: Article

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