Effects of a Girls-Only Curriculum During Adolescence: Performance, Persistence, and Engagement in Mathematics and Science

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 929-960

  Shapka, Jennifer D ^a   Keating, Daniel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Math achievement; Math perceptions; Single sex education

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542398145     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312040004929     Document Type: Article

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