Reflections on the International Baccalaureate Program: Graduates’ Perspectives

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-158

  Taylor, Mary Lee ^a   Porath, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 78651109396     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jsge-2006-398     Document Type: Article

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