Effects of task-focused goals on low-achieving students with and without learning disabilities

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 513-543

  Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Karns, Kathy ^a   Hamlett, Carol L ^a   Katzaroff, Michelle ^a   Dutka, Suzanne ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031520006     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312034003513     Document Type: Article

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