Chilly classrooms for female undergraduate students: A question of method?

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 684-711

  Allan, Elizabeth J ^a   Madden, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 33745326792     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2006.0028     Document Type: Review

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