Towards effective and transferable learning in secondary school: The development of an approach based on mastery learning

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-353

  Postlethwaite, Keith ^a   Haggarty, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032376647     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192980240307     Document Type: Article

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