Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons From an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind

By:

Whitmire, Richard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: AMACOM 2010 New YorkDescription: 293pISBN:

9780814415344

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DDC classification:

370.154 WHI

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Item type	Current library	Item location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	NIMA Knowledge Centre	9th Floor Reading Zone	General	370.154 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		M0030039

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; 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.

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