Gender differences in ways of knowing: The context dependence of the attitudes toward thinking and learning survey

Ryan, Michelle; David, Barbara

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Gender differences in ways of knowing: The context dependence of the attitudes toward thinking and learning survey

Date

2003

Authors

Ryan, Michelle

David, Barbara

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

In this article we challenge the notion of stable, gender-related differences in the way people acquire and process information, with men more likely to utilize separate knowing and women connected knowing. An alternative analysis highlights malleability