Factors influencing primary students' learning achievement in Bangladesh

Research in Education

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-63

  Nath, Samir Ranjan ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Additional educational inputs; Bangladesh; Learning achievement; Primary education; School related factors; Socio economic background

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873442037     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: 20504608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/RIE.88.1.5     Document Type: Article

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