Single-sex schooling: Is it simply a 'class act'?

Gender and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-228

  Tsolidis, Georgina ^a   Dobson, Ian R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 29244488795     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250500380711     Document Type: Article

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