Academic and school adjustment outcomes following placement in a developmental first-grade program

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-105

  Mantzicopoulos, Panayota ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk children; Developmental first grades; Extra year programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742324135     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309597512     Document Type: Article

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