Supporting vulnerable learners in the primary grades: Strategies to prevent early school failure

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Stormont, Melissa ^a   Espinosa, Linda ^a,b   Knipping, Nancy ^a   McCathren, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 15944371892     PISSN: 15245039     EISSN: 15245039     Source Type: Journal    
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