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Direct linkDe Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Van Landeghem, Georges; Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; Onghena, Patrick – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
This study addresses the effects of secondary schools and classes on language achievement in Flanders, Belgium. The results of a three-level analysis (students within classes within schools) indicate that the group composition at the class level is very important. In classes with a high average initial cognitive ability or a large proportion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students
