Have Gender Gaps in Math Closed? Achievement, Teacher Perceptions, and Learning Behaviors Across Two ECLS-K Cohorts

AERA Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Cimpian, Joseph R ^a   Lubienski, Sarah T ^b   Timmer, Jennifer D ^b   Makowski, Martha B ^b   Miller, Emily K ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gaps; cohort differences; distributional gaps; gender; teacher ratings of students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018724239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332858416673617     Document Type: Article

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