Teachers' polarisation in heterogeneous classrooms and the social distribution of achievement: An Israeli case study

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-293

  Yair, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0031287154     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(96)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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