Sorting out successful failures: Exploratory analyses of factors associated with academic and behavioral outcomes of retained students

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-341

  Ferguson, Phillip ^a   Jimerson, Shane R ^b   Dalton, Michael J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Box 6002 ^*

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EID: 0035385006     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.1022     Document Type: Review

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