Learning to read in composite (multigrade) classes in New Zealand: Teachers make the difference

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-235

  Wilkinson, Ian A G ^a   Hamilton, Richard J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Composite teaching; Multigrade classes; Multiple case study; New Zealand education; Quality of instruction; Reading abilities; Within class variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037321002     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(02)00105-1     Document Type: Article

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