Teacher attributions of student failure and teacher behavior toward the failing student

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 583-595

  Georgiou, Stelios N ^a   Christou, Constantinos ^a   Stavrinides, Panayiotis ^a   Panaoura, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 25144512903     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10049     Document Type: Review

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