Designing an Effective Middle Level Schedule

Middle School Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Hackmann, Donald G ^a   Valentine, Jerry W ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84992872205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.1998.11495913     Document Type: Article

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