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  1. Faculty of Education, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, UK

    Lecturer PATRICIA AMES

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    ANGELA W. LITTLE

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AMES, P. (2006). A multigrade approach to literacy in the Amazon, Peru: school and community perspectives. In: LITTLE, A.W. (eds) EDUCATION FOR ALL AND MULTIGRADE TEACHING. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4591-3_3

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