Electronic Communication and Under-Achieving Boys: Some Issues.

McGuinn, Nicholas

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Publication Date: 2000

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Electronic Communication and Under-Achieving Boys: Some Issues.

McGuinn, Nicholas

English in Education, v34 n1 p50-57 Spr 2000

Explores the potential for electronic communication to enhance the communication skills of under-achieving secondary-school boys in the United Kingdom. Suggests the "frame" provided by the computer screen has the potential either to offer a supportive structure upon which boys can build, or to become another means to measure their academic failure. (NH)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries, Males, Motivation Techniques, Secondary Education, Special Programs, Underachievement

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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