More value through greater differentiation: Gender differences in value beliefs about math

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 663-677

  Gaspard, Hanna ^a   Dicke, Anna Lena ^a   Flunger, Barbara ^a   Schreier, Brigitte ^a   Häfner, Isabelle ^a   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a   Nagengast, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expectancy value theory; Gender differences; Mathematics; Task value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938833266     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000003     Document Type: Article

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