Relating classroom teaching to student learning: A critical analysis of why research has failed to bridge the theory-practice gap

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Nuthall, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.17763/haer.74.3.e08k1276713824u5     Document Type: Review

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