Control is the key: Unlocking the motivation of at-risk students

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-237

  DiCintio, Matthew J ^a   Gee, Sandra ^b  

^a ELMHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033121418     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199905)36:3<231::aid-pits6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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