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ERIC Number: EJ169456
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Sex Role Stereotypes in Learning to Read
Downing, John; Thomson, Doug
Research in the Teaching of English, 11, 2, 149-55, F 77
Concludes that boys succeed less well in reading than girls because of cultural expectations that reading is more suited to girls than to boys. (DD)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes
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