Single-sex teaching in a co-educational comprehensive school in England: An evaluation based upon students' performance and classroom interactions

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-374

  Younger, Mike ^a   Warrington, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035998790     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920220137449     Document Type: Article

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