Gender and age differences in awareness and endorsement of gender stereotypes about academic abilities

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 603-618

  Kurtz Costes, Beth ^a   Copping, Kristine E ^b   Rowley, Stephanie J ^c   Kinlaw, C Ryan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Huntingdon College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic stereotypes; Gender differences; Mathematics; Motivation; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911968298     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-014-0216-7     Document Type: Article

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