Anyone for tennis? Social class differences in children's responses to national curriculum mathematics testing

Sociological Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-148

  Cooper, Barry ^a   Dunne, Máiréad ^a  

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EID: 0000479641     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00092     Document Type: Article

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