Motives for school learning during transition from primary to secondary school

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Kakavoulis, Alexandros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Learning; Motives; School transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347720797     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443981450105     Document Type: Article

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