Different for girls? An exploration of the impact of Playing for Success

Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-324

  Sharp, Caroline ^a   Kendall, Lesley ^a   Schagen, Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender and ethnic disadvantage; Study support; Underachieving pupils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242595566     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188032000137283     Document Type: Article

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