Relationship between school composition and characteristics of school process and their effect on mathematics achievement

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-432

  Opdenakker, Marie Christine ^a   Van Damme, Jan ^a  

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EID: 0035457774     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920120071434     Document Type: Article

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