Warranting practices: Teachers embedding the national numeracy strategy

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 260-284

  Mcnamara, Olwen ^a   Corbin, Brian ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; National Numeracy Strategy; Warranting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035596715     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.t01-1-00175     Document Type: Article

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