Gender differences in math: Cognitive processes in an expanded framework

Gender Differences in Mathematics: An Integrative Psychological Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 73-98

  Byrnes, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84923611457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614446.005     Document Type: Chapter

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