Indigenous students' increasing risk of grade repetition in early schooling

Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-207

  Anderson, Robyn ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early childhood education; early intervention; grade repetition; Indigenous students; Preparatory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906733884     PISSN: 13260111     EISSN: 20497784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jie.2012.17     Document Type: Article

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