The question of underachievement amongst boys has recently been the subject of much media hype. There is now no subject area in which girls do not appear to outperform their male contemporaries. Vivienne Holland examines the background to this and focuses on an investigation into her own school. This provides a particularly interesting insight into boys’ culture and attitudes. She also offers some useful suggestions for combatting this phenomenon.
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Vivienne Holland (1998) studied this question.
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