Academic interactions among clessroom peers: A cross-country comparison using TIMSS

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1531-1544

  Kang, Changhui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DATA SET; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 34547135193     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600606328     Document Type: Article

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