Class size in the early years: Is smaller really better?

Education Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-290

  Iacovou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036975596     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290210127499     Document Type: Article

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