Educational research and evidence-based policy: The mixed-method approach of the eppe project

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-82

  Siraj Blatchford, I ^a   Sammons, P ^b   Taggart, B ^a   Sylva, K ^c   Melhuish, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Mixed method; Policy; Pre school; Qualitative; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149142978     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/eri419.0     Document Type: Article

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