Gender differences in mathematics: What we know and what we need to know

Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 316-332

  Gallagher, Ann M ^a   Kaufman, James C ^b  

^a Law School Admission Council   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923592261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614446.016     Document Type: Chapter

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