Motivation and Attribution at Secondary School: The role of ethnic group and gender

Gender and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-274

  Siann, Gerda ^b   Lightbody, Pauline ^a   Stocks, Ruth ^a   Walsh, David ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842563980     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540259621511     Document Type: Article

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