Challenging underachievement in boys

Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-332

  Lindsay, Geoff ^a   Muijs, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boys' underachievement; Ethnicity; School effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750362767     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880600992389     Document Type: Article

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