The short-term and the long-term effect of primary schools and classes on mathematics and language achievement scores

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-440

  Pustjens, Heidi ^a   Van De Gaer, Eva ^a   Van Damme, Jan ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Van Landeghem, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 34247562775     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920701243677     Document Type: Article

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