The significance of the classroom effect in primary schools: An application of creemers' comprehensive model of educational effectiveness

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 501-529

  Kyriakides, L ^a   Campbell, R J ^b   Gagatsis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040516046     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/sesi.11.4.501.3560     Document Type: Article

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