The effect of single-sex instruction in a large, Urban, at-risk high school

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-36

  Hoffman, Bobby H ^a   Badgett, Barbara A ^b   Parker, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Behavior; Coeducation; Single sex instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649394318     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.1.15-36     Document Type: Article

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