Math-gender stereotypes and math-related beliefs in childhood and early adolescence

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-76

  Passolunghi, Maria Chiara ^a   Rueda Ferreira, Tania Irene ^a   Tomasetto, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Gender differences; Implicit association test; Implicit stereotypes; Math gender stereotype; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903735435     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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