Assessing quality in educational journals

Education Research On Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-104

  Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953527787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203928684     Document Type: Chapter

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