School Climate as Group Evaluation and Group Consensus: Student and Parent Perceptions of the Elementary School Environment

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-61

  Griffith, James ^a  

^a Montgomery County Public Schools   (United States)

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EID: 0039107373     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499658     Document Type: Article

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