Gender-related consequences of early school transfer at 11+ years

Educational Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-208

  Trend, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Gender; Perception; School transfer; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247846110     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690601068444     Document Type: Article

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