The effects of single-sex and mixed-sex mathematics classes within a coeducational school: A reanalysis and comment

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-161

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Rowe, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coeducation; Mathematics achievement; Mathematics anxiety; Quasiexperimental design; Sex differences; Single sex classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444434683     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: 20505884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494419604000203     Document Type: Article

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