Subtracting difference: Troubling transitions from GCSE to AS-level mathematics

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 711-732

  Mendick, Heather ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56249132176     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920802044610     Document Type: Article

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