Family factors associated with sixth-grade adolescents' math and science career interests

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Turner, Sherri L ^a   Steward, Jason C ^a   Lapan, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 10044230661     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2004.tb00654.x     Document Type: Article

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