Achievement attributions of sixth grade children and their parents

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-412

  Georgiou, Stelios N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0347199569     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341990190402     Document Type: Article

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