How Nine Third-Grade Teachers Motivate Student Academic Engagement

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Dolezal, Sara E ^a,b   Welsh, Lindsey Mohan ^a,b   Pressley, Michael ^a,b   Vincent, Melissa M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 1542604096     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499725     Document Type: Article

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