School Improvement: An action–based case study conducted in a disadvantaged school in Sri Lanka

Educational Action Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-188

  Wijesundera, Subhashine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 84909073361     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790200200188     Document Type: Article

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