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Raising Boys’ Achievement
Mike Younger and Molly Warringtonwith John Gray, Jean Rudduck, Ros McLellan,Eva Bearne, Ruth Kershner and Pat BrichenoUniversity of Cambridge Faculty of Education
Research Report RR636
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Research ReportNo 636
 
 Raising Boys’ Achievement 
 Mike Younger and Molly Warringtonwith John Gray, Jean Rudduck, Ros McLellan, Eva Bearne, Ruth Kershner and Pat BrichenoUniversity of Cambridge Faculty of Education
The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills. © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2005. Published with the permission of DfES on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to The CrownCopyright Unit, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ.ISBN 1 84478 458 4
 
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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................................7
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..............................................................................................8
 ‘Boys’ ‘Under-Achievement’ ?......................................................................................8Intervention Strategies....................................................................................................9Pedagogic approaches.............................................................................................9Individual approaches...........................................................................................11Whole school organisational approaches..............................................................12Socio-cultural approaches.....................................................................................12Interventions within Special Schools....................................................................14The Broader Issues.......................................................................................................14Conclusion....................................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 1: The Context of the Project...................................................................16
 Why Differential Achievement?...................................................................................17Which Boys? Which Girls?..........................................................................................18
CHAPTER 2: The Gender Gap: Dilemmas and Debates..........................................20
 The Nature of the Gender Gap......................................................................................20Interpreting the Gender Gap: the case for care and vigilance......................................25Concluding Comments.................................................................................................27
CHAPTER 3: Intervention Strategies.........................................................................28
 The Project’s Framework and Approach......................................................................28The Outcomes of the Pilot Study..................................................................................29Research Design for the Intervention Stage.................................................................31Selection of schools..............................................................................................31The research strategy: aim...................................................................................33The research strategy: process..............................................................................33
CHAPTER 4: Pedagogy I: Raising Achievement in Literacy at Key Stage 2.........36
 Approaches to Literacy: processes and products..........................................................36Case study 1..............................................................................................................37The background....................................................................................................37Reading – involving homes and families..............................................................37Assessing progress in reading at key stage 2........................................................39

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