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Download full textNiemivirta, Markku – 1997
Many of the reasons offered for the difference between boys and girls in certain kinds of cognitive tasks have been attributed to biology. However, other factors need to be considered, and so the role that motivation and learning play in gender differences is addressed in this paper. The focus rests on gender differences, both in the individual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Goal Orientation
