Boys and girls in the reading club : conversations about gender and reading in an urban elementary school

Recent research has revealed a gender gap in reading attitudes and achievement. Broadly speaking, when compared with girls, boys display a more negative attitude towards reading and perform less well on measures of reading achievement. Yet, why boys appear to have such difficulties with reading a...

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Main Author: Moffatt, Lyndsay Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14357