Addressing heterogeneity in secondary education: who benefits from differentiated instruction in German classes?

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages

  Nusser, Lena ^a   Gehrer, Karin ^a  

^a Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

competence development; differentiated instruction; low achiever; reading competence; special educational needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098546855     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2020.1862407     Document Type: Article

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