Boys, Girls and Achievement: Addressing the Classroom Issues

by Francis Becky and Becky Francis

Book Overview

Girls are now out-performing boys at GCSE level, giving rise to a debate in the media on boys' underachievement. However, often such work has been a 'knee-jerk' response, led by media, not based on solid research. Boys, Girls and Achievement - Addressing the Classroom Issues fills that gap and:
*provides a critical overview of the current debate on achievement;
*Focuses on interviews with young people and classroom observations to examine how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415231639
• ISBN13: 9780415231633
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"