Gender differences in adolescents’ academic motivation and classroom behaviour

Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 541-556

  Bugler, Myfanwy ^a   McGeown, Sarah P ^b   St Clair Thompson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; behaviour; gender; motivation; sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931561320     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2013.849325     Document Type: Article

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