The effect of teacher certification and task level on mathematics achievement

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-407

  Mandeville, Garrett K ^a   Liu, Qiduan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SC Dept of Pub Hlth and E   (United States)

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EID: 0031287322     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(96)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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