Top-performing Girls are more Impactful Peer Role Models than Boys, Teachers Say
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teacher gender stereotypes; randomized controlled trial; peer role models; STEM;All these keywords.
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- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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