Predicting women's persistence in adult literacy classes with dispositional variables

Reading Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-85

  Ziegler, Mary F ^a   Bain, Sherry K ^a   Bell, Sherry Mee ^a   McCallum, R Steve ^a   Brian, Donna J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 33644611034     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710500542668     Document Type: Article

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