Classroom and school factors related to student achievement: What works for students?

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-236

  Teodorović, Jelena ^a  

^a Institute for Educational Research   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Effective schools; Hierarchical linear modeling; Input output; Instructional effectiveness; School effectiveness; Serbia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957891626     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2011.575650     Document Type: Article

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