Commentary: The gap between the highest and lowest school achievers: Philosophical arguments for downplaying teacher expectation theory

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 367-382

  Clark, John A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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