Boys starting school disadvantaged: Implications from teachers' ratings of behaviour and achievement in the first two years

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 303-314

  Childs, Garry ^a   McKay, Michael ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 0035379006     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709901158532     Document Type: Article

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