Single-Sex Schooling: Bridging Science and School Boards in Educational Policy

Sex Roles

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 349-355

  Signorella, Margaret L ^a   Bigler, Rebecca S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Adolescents; Children; Single sex education; Social development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884818906     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0313-0     Document Type: Review

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