Single-sex programs: Resolving the research conundrum

Teachers College Record

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 778-802

  Salomone, Rosemary C ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645319991     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00628.x     Document Type: Review

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