Gender differences in the effects of a utility-value intervention to help parents motivate adolescents in mathematics and science

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-206

  Rozek, Christopher S ^a   Hyde, Janet S ^a   Svoboda, Ryan C ^a   Hulleman, Chris S ^b   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Educational intervention; Gender differences; Stem motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925671718     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036981     Document Type: Article

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