What do we know about breaktime? Results from a national survey of breaktime and lunchtime in primary and secondary schools [1]

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-94

  Blatchford, Peter ^a   Sumpner, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032345342     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192980240106     Document Type: Article

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