The impact of effort and strategy use on academic performance: Student and teacher perceptions

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-98

  Meltzer, Lynn ^a,b,c   Katzir Cohen, Tamar ^b   Miller, Lynne ^b   Roditi, Bethany ^a,d  

^a Res Inst for Lrng and Development   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Res Inst for Lrng and Development   (United States)

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EID: 0035608628     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1511065     Document Type: Article

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