Exploring social patterns of participation in university-entrance level mathematics in england

Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-183

  Noyes, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced mathematics; National Pupil Database; Participation; University entrance level mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449611519     PISSN: 14794802     EISSN: 17540178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14794800903063356     Document Type: Article

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