Back to the future: Implications of the neopositivist research agenda for adult basic education

Teachers College Record

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1393-1411

  Belzer, Alisa ^a   Clair, Ralf S T ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27744522427     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2005.00517.x     Document Type: Review

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