Chapter 8: School Achievement Trends in Mathematics and Science, and What Can Be Done to Improve Them

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 307-341

  Jones, Lyle V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84970746451     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X015001307     Document Type: Article

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