Do teachers equate male and masculine with lower academic engagement? How students’ gender enactment triggers gender stereotypes at school

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 467-485

  Heyder, Anke ^a   Kessels, Ursula ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Gender differences in academic achievement; Gender stereotypes; Masculinity; Teachers expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941420982     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: 15731928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-015-9303-0     Document Type: Article

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