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Peer reviewedWarrington, M.; Younger, M.; Williams, J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2000
Explores the different attitudes of English girls and boys to General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) work. Provides suggestions to account for the differences, particularly related to peer pressure, image, and social groupings. Finds that boys were ridiculed more for working hard and were under greater pressure to confirm to a cool,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Group Behavior
