Render unto primary the things which are primary's: Inherited and fresh learning divides in Italian lower secondary education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-23

  De Simone, Gianfranco ^a  

^a Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Cognitive achievement dynamics; Pseudo panel; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84877338168     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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