Season of birth and school success in the early years of primary education

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-306

  Verachtert, Pieter ^a   de Fraine, Bieke ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a  

^a Karel de Grote Hogeschool Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

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EID: 77953561711     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054981003629896     Document Type: Article

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