Planning middle school schedules for improved attention and achievement

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-450

  Klein, Joseph ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; School schedules

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745153663     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383042000245825     Document Type: Article

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