Meanings of homework and implications for practice

Theory into Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Coutts, Pamela M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 4544337278     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/tip.2004.0034     Document Type: Review

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