Season of birth and gender effects in children attending moderate learning difficulty schools

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Bibby, Peter A ^a   Lamb, Susannah J ^a   Leyden, Gervase ^a   Wood, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039856241     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1996.tb01186.x     Document Type: Article

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