Addressing the challenge of legitimate international comparisons of classroom practice

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 280-293

  Clarke, David ^a   Mesiti, Carmel ^a   O'Keefe, Catherine ^a   Xu, Li Hua ^a   Jablonka, Eva ^b   Mok, Ida Ah Chee ^c   Shimizu, Yoshinori ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 38649106448     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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