The impact of teaching assistants on improving pupils' academic achievement in mainstream schools: A review of the literature

Educational Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-448

  Farrell, Peter ^a   Alborz, Alison ^a   Howes, Andy ^a   Pearson, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Mainstream schools; Teaching assistants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958543151     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2010.486476     Document Type: Article

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