School transitions: Beginning of the end or a new beginning?

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-339

  Anderson, Lorin W ^a   Jacobs, Jacque ^a   Schramm, Susan ^a   Splittgerber, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Center for Excellence in Middle Level Initiatives   (United States)

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EID: 0039842453     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-0355(00)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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