Slow down, you're going too fast: Matching curricula to student skill levels

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 276-288

  Pritchett, Lant ^a   Beatty, Amanda ^b  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Development; International education; Learning profiles

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 84922956323     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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