Girls and mathematics — A "hopeless" issue? A control-value approach to gender differences in emotions towards mathematics

This study analyzed gender differences in achievement emotions in the domain of mathematics. Based on Pekrun's (2000, 2006) control-value theory of achievement emotions, we hypothesized that there are gender differences in mathematics emotions due to the students' different levels of contr...

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Published in:European journal of psychology of education 2007-12, Vol.22 (4), p.497-514
Main Authors: Frenzel, Anne C., Pekrun, Reinhard, Goetz, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affective Behavior
Anxiety
Beliefs
Children & youth
Correlation
Elementary School Students
Emotion
Emotion theories
Emotional Response
Emotions
Females
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Germany
Grade 5
Grades (Scholastic)
Hope
Males
Mathematics
Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics anxiety
Mathematics education
Pride
Prior Learning
Psychological Patterns
Shame
Social Values
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