Mathematics instruction in combination and single-grade classes: An exploratory investigation

Teachers College Record

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 236-265

  Mason, Dewayne A ^a   Good, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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