"Pushing-up" or "cooling-out"? Israeli counselors guidance on track placement

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Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-349

  Resh, Nura ^a   Erhard, Rachel ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Counselors; Guidance; Israel; Junior high school; Track placement; Tracks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645165901     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021537720071     Document Type: Article

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