Writing attainment in 9- to 11-year-olds: Some differences between girls and boys in two genres

Language and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 495-515

  Beard, Roger ^a   Burrell, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Genre; Primary school education; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958516510     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2010.502968     Document Type: Article

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