Towards a typology of gender-related school effects: Some new perspectives on a familiar problem

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 529-550

  Gray, John ^a   Peng, Wen Jung ^b   Steward, Susan ^a   Thomas, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10844237356     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000303991     Document Type: Review

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