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Autore |
Whitmire Richard |
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Titolo |
Why boys fail [[electronic resource] ] : saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind / / Richard Whitmire |
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New York, : AMACOM, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786612492686 |
0-8144-1535-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motivation in education |
Academic achievement |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Discovering the Problem; 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills; 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses; 4 The Writing Failures; 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps; 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys?; 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate; 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles; 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter; 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken; Appendix: The Facts About Boys; Notes; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Boys are slipping in school at an alarming rate. Here's why it's happening-and how to stop it. |
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