Extension of single-sex public school provision: Evidential concerns

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Daly, Peter ^a   Defty, Neil ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; mathematics achievement; school effectiveness; single sex schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035369629     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790408668313     Document Type: Article

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