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What You See Is What You Get-Consistency, Persistency, and Mediocrity in Classrooms

Kenneth Sirotnik
Harvard Educational Review April 1983, 53 (1) 16-31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.53.1.9645457u7030m285
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