Effects of multigrade and multi-age classes reconsidered

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-340

  Veenman, Simon ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030495211     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543066003323     Document Type: Article

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