Educational battlefields in America: The tug-of-war over students' engagement with instruction

Sociology of Education

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-269

  Yair, Gad ^a  

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EID: 0034358570     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2673233     Document Type: Article

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