A synthesis of studies searching for school factors: Implications for theory and research

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 807-830

  Kyriakides, Leonidas ^a   Creemers, Bert ^b   Antoniou, Panayiotis ^a   Demetriou, Demetris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77956620630     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920903165603     Document Type: Article

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