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Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-241

  Gerstl Pepin, Cynthia I ^a   Woodside Jiron, Haley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 33644969462     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665680591002605     Document Type: Article

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