Sustained inquiry in education: Lessons from skill grouping and class size

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 797-828

  Mosteller, Frederick ^a   Light, Richard J ^a   Sachs, Jason A ^a  

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EID: 0039270234     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.66.4.36m328762x21610x     Document Type: Article

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