The Greenwood Dictionary of Education

The Greenwood Dictionary of Education
ISBN-10
0897748603
ISBN-13
9780897748605
Category
Education
Pages
431
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Authors
Nancy P. O'Brien, John William Collins

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Provides authoritative definitions written by practitioners or researchers for more than 2,600 terms used in educational research, practice, and theory.

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