Self-concept over the transition from primary to secondary school: A case study on a program for girls

Issues in Educational Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 27-54

  Tonkin, Susanne E ^a   Watt, Helen M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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