Effects of gender stereotypes and stereotype threat on children's performance on a spatial task

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 53-77

  Shenouda, Christine K ^a   Danovitch, Judith H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Preschool; Spatial skills; STEM; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017866306     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: 21194130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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