What Doesn’t Work: The Challenge and Failure of the What Works Clearinghouse to Conduct Meaningful Reviews of Studies of Mathematics Curricula

Educational Researcher

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 13-21

  Schoenfeld, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84993708955     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X035002013     Document Type: Article

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