Longitudinal outcome effects of non-at-risk and at-risk transition first-grade samples: A follow-up study and further analysis

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-45

  Ferguson, Phil ^a,b   Streib, Mary Mueller ^a  

^a Uinta Co School District Number One   (United States)

^b Box 6002   (United States)

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EID: 0030557013     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199601)33:1<38::AID-PITS5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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