Enhancement of classroom facilities of primary schools and its impact on learning behaviors of students

Facilities

Volumn 23, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 585-594

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Fung, Ivan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Classrooms; Hong Kong; Learning; Primary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844472678     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: 02632772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770510627561     Document Type: Article

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