- Motivation and
engagement for boys - the aim of this Australian
project is to inform teachers' professional learning,
knowledge and practice, by Munns (DEST, 2006)
- Raising
boys' achievement - a critical look at the issues
and an outline of effective strategies, by Mike Younger
(DfES, 2005)
- Gender in education
3-19 - A fresh approach - a collection of papers
published by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
(January 2005)
- A meta-analytic
review of gender variations in children's language
use - this article reports three meta-analyses
on gender differences in talkativeness, affiliative
speech and assertive speech, by C. Leaper (DP, 2004)
- Towards a typology
of gender-related school effects - this article
shows that progress of the two sexes was broadly equal
amongst almost half of secondary schools, by J. Gray
(ORE, December 2004)
- Why boys achieve
less at school than girls
- this Belgian study shows that boys' culture is less
study oriented than girls' culture, by M. van Houtte
(ES, 2004)
- Perpetuating
gender stereotypes in the classroom - this NI
research indicates that teachers may unconsciously
perpetuate stereotypes, by C Gray (ES, 2004)
- Who is most
responsible for gender differences in scholastic achievements
- Israeli study shows most of the variance in achievement
due to teacher gender, by J. Klein, (ER< 2004)
- Sex differences
in developmental reading disability - this study
reports substantial gender differences in reading
difficulties, by Michael Rutter (JAMA, 2004).
- Girls rock, boys
roll: An analysis of the age 14-16 gender gap in English
schools - the gender gap is persistent and not
due to within-school practice but the result of differences
in cognitive maturation, by S. Burgess (CMPO, 2003)
- Boys' achievement
in secondary schools - this report shows that
boys continue to achieve less well than girls in secondary
education (Ofsted, 2003)
- Yes he can: Schools
where boys write well - outlining the factors
associated with writing well (Ofsted, 2003)
- Understanding
underachievement - this UK study investigates
the differential attainment of pupils in secondary
schools, by Emma Smith (BJSE, 2003)
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- Boys, literacy and schooling - an Australian study makes practice-related recommendations, by Nola Alloway (DEST, 2002)
- Literature review on improving boys' writing - by Carolyne Daly (Ofsted, 2002).
- Encouraging lads to learn - a UK literature review of existing models for engaging young men in learning, by L. Hodgson (LSC, 2002)
- Investigating the patterns of differential attainment of boys and girls at school - this study offers a critical assessment of the issue, by Stephen Gorard (BERJ, 2001)
- Selected research in
gender and educational attainment - an overview of research
into the gender gap and government strategies, by Northern Ireland
Assembly (2001)
- Boys' underachievement:
Issues, challenges and possible ways forward - this article
places the issue in a wider social context, by Joe Burns (WSE,
2001)
- What works
What research suggests schools can do to improve boys' performance
- How effective is single sex teaching?
- Gender gap in education
in developing countries
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