Turning around reading achievement: Predictors of high school students' academic resilience

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 758-771

  Cappella, Elise ^a   Weinstein, Rhona S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035541376     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.93.4.758     Document Type: Article

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