Classroom segregation: Where do students sit and how is this related to group relations?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-55

  McKeown, Shelley ^a   Stringer, Maurice ^b   Cairns, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84958773808     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3200     Document Type: Article

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