Importance of middle school mathematics on high school students' mathematics achievement

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-17

  Wang, Jia ^a   Goldschmidt, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics achievement; Mathematics course taking; Opportunity to learn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346897846     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309596624     Document Type: Article

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