Tracking and mixed-ability grouping in secondary school mathematics classrooms: A case study

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-204

  Venkatakrishnan, Hamsa ^a   Wiliam, Dylan ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Nursing   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037562911     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192032000060939     Document Type: Article

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