Individual differences in academic growth: Do they exist, and can we predict them?

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-86

  Shivpuri, Smriti ^a,b   Schmitt, Neal ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^a   Kim, Brian H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 32844461188     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2006.0013     Document Type: Article

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