Grouping of pupils in secondary school classrooms: Possible links between pedagogy and learning

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-374

  Kutnick, Peter ^a,c   Blatchford, Peter ^b   Baines, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Education ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom organisation; Mapping; Pupil grouping; Social pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044449724     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-005-1212-1     Document Type: Article

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