“It all depends…”: Middle School Teachers Evaluate Single-Sex Classes

RMLE Online

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Spielhagen, Frances R ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT MARY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84885682539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19404476.2011.11462080     Document Type: Article

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