What makes students succeed or fail?: The voices of developmental college students

Journal of College Reading and Learning

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-221

  Yaworski, JoAnn ^a   Weber, Rose Marie ^a   Ibrahim, Nabil ^a  

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EID: 28444454324     PISSN: 10790195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790195.2000.10850096     Document Type: Article

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