Examining the implementation of the mathematics strand of the Key Stage 3 Strategy: What are the bases of evaluation?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-24

  Venkat, Hamsa ^a   Brown, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60649093491     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920802041665     Document Type: Article

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