GENDER EQUITY IN COEDUCATIONAL AND SINGLE-SEX ENVIRONMENTS

Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 171-190

  Arms, Emily ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315759586-19     Document Type: Chapter

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