Getting through Grade 2: Predicting Children's Early School Achievement in Rural South African Schools

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-348

  Liddell, Christine ^a   Lycett, John ^b   Rae, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0037592379     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016502597384901     Document Type: Article

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