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Peer reviewedKanaris, Anne – Language and Education, 1999
Examines samples of primary-school-aged children's writing to identify and describe the various ways in which boys and girls use language to construct meaning, and to discuss the gendered ways of knowing and being that are revealed and constructed. Findings indicate that girls generally write longer, more complex texts, using a wider range of both…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Language Processing
