Still an examination culture — For most: Singapore literacy education in transition

Curriculum Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Kramer Dahl, Anneliese ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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