The non-cognitive returns to class size

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-46

  Dee, Thomas S ^a   West, Martin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; Non cognitive skills; School engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952577297     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373710392370     Document Type: Article

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