Enrolment, achievement and retention on 'traditional' and 'Use of Mathematics' pre-university courses

Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-168

  Hutcheson, Graeme D ^a   Pampaka, Maria ^a   Williams, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

As level; Drop out; Enrolment; GCSE; Mathematics programmes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959507312     PISSN: 14794802     EISSN: 17540178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14794802.2011.585827     Document Type: Article

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