Raising School Effects While Ignoring Culture? Local Conditions and the Influence of Classroom Tools, Rules, and Pedagogy

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 119-157

  Fuller, Bruce ^a   Clarke, Prema ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84970420573     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543064001119     Document Type: Article

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