Can educational experiments both test a theory and inform practice?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-588

  Marsden, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547425450     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920701434094     Document Type: Article

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