Within-class grouping: A meta-analysis

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-458

  Lou, Yiping ^a   Abrami, Philip C ^a   Spence, John C ^b   Poulsen, Catherine ^a   Chambers, Bette ^a   D'Apollonia, Sylvia ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030353891     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543066004423     Document Type: Article

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