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SEX DIFFERENCES IN CLASSROOM BEHAVIOUR OF INFANTS: THE VIEWS OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS
Author(s) -
HARTLEY D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1979.tb02414.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics education
S ummary . Within each classroom in two urban infant schools, views of the behaviour of boys and girls were obtained from classmates and the teacher. The behaviour of boys was regarded as less appropriate than that of girls, particularly by classmates. In the majority of classes there were significant positive correlations between the teacher's and pupils' views. Despite the different social class composition of the two schools, the results in both were similar.