Readiness-based differentiation in primary school mathematics: Expert recommendations and teacher self-assessment

Frontline Learning Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 90-116

  Prast, Emilie J ^a   Van de Weijer Bergsma, Eva ^a   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^a   Van Luit, Johannes E H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Differentiation; Mathematics; Primary school; Teacher self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039058914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22953159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14786/flr.v3i2.163     Document Type: Article

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