Role models, school improvement and the 'gender gap' - Do men bring out the best in boys and women the best in girls?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-327

  Carrington, Bruce ^a   Tymms, Peter ^b   Merrell, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45849096455     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920701532202     Document Type: Article

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