Effect of single-sex education on progress in GCSE

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-259

  Malacova, Eva ^a,b  

^a University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 34247475215     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701324610     Document Type: Article

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