The effects of single‐sex and coeducational secondary schooling on girls’ achievement

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-306

  Daly, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coeducation; Gender; Multilevel modelling; School effectiveness; Single sex schools; Value added measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344032879     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152960110306     Document Type: Article

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