On comparing the incomparable: A response to Baker and Stedman

Educational Researcher

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Bracey, Gerald W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 69449084545     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X026003019     Document Type: Note

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