Teachers' Instructional Practices in Small Classes

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-197

  Haughey, Margaret ^a   Snart, Fern ^a   Da Costa, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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