Acceleration: A coat of many colours

Roeper Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-19

  Vialle, Wilma ^a   Ashton, Tracey ^b   Carlon, Greg ^c   Rankin, Florence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Teaching at an elementary school   (Australia)

^c Science teacher at a selective school   (Australia)

^d Head of Child Studies   (Australia)

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EID: 17444423786     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783190109554119     Document Type: Article

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