Setting, social class and survival of the quickest

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 575-595

  Boaler, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031512126     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192970230503     Document Type: Article

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