@article{ref1,
title="Would Harry and Hermione have done better in single-sex classes? A review of single-sex teaching in coeducational secondary schools in the united kingdom",
journal="American educational research journal",
year="2006",
author="Younger, Michael Robert and Warrington, Molly",
volume="43",
number="4",
pages="579-620",
abstract="The gender agenda in many North American, Western European, and Australasian countries has undergone a &quot;boy turn&quot; in the past decade amid growing concerns about boys' apparent &quot;underachievement&quot; relative to girls. One aspect of this turn has been the resurrection of interest in single-sex classes in coeducational public state schools. This article reviews these developments from an international perspective, particularly focusing on the experiences of a number of United Kingdom secondary schools involved in the 4-year Raising Boys' Achievement Project. The article suggests that, while single-sex classes have the potential to raise the achievement levels of both boys and girls and to have a positive impact on the atmosphere and ethos for learning, these gains will be achieved only if the initiative is developed within gender-relational contexts rather than situated within recuperative masculinity policies.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-8312",
doi="10.3102/00028312043004579",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/00028312043004579"
}