The effective mathematics department: adding value and increasing participation?

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Noyes, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attainment; mathematics; multilevel modelling; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874168700     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2012.689145     Document Type: Article

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