Exploring first-year academic achievement through structural equation modelling

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-112

  McKenzie, Kirsten ^a   Gow, Kathryn ^a   Schweitzer, Robert ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 29344464798     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0729436032000168513     Document Type: Article

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