“I can, but I don’t want to” The impact of parents, interests, and activities on gender differences in math

Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 246-263

  Jacobs, Janis E ^a   Davis Kean, Pamela ^b   Bleeker, Martha ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b   Malanchuk, Oksana ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84923549389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614446.013     Document Type: Chapter

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