Ursula Kessels

Self-to-prototype matching as a strategy for making academic choices. Why high school students do not like math and science

Bettina Hannover, Ursula Kessels · Learning and Instruction · 2004 · 252 citations

Science Education, Educational Psychology, Education +16

Fitting into the stereotype: How gender-stereotyped perceptions of prototypic peers relate to liking for school subjects

Ursula Kessels · European Journal of Psychology of Education · 2005 · 173 citations

Gendered Perception, Social Psychology, Peer Relationship +16

What goes well with physics? Measuring and altering the image of science

Ursula Kessels, Melanie Rau, Bettina Hannover · British Journal of Educational Psychology · 2006 · 170 citations

How gender differences in academic engagement relate to students’ gender identity

Ursula Kessels, Anke Heyder, Martin Latsch et al. · Educational Research · 2014 · 165 citations

When being a girl matters less: Accessibility of gender‐related self‐knowledge in single‐sex and coeducational classes and its impact on students' physics‐related self‐concept of ability

Ursula Kessels, Bettina Hannover · British Journal of Educational Psychology · 2007 · 145 citations