Whole-class teaching, school-readiness and pupils' mathematical attainments

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-290

  Prais, S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031502822     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498970230301     Document Type: Article

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