Willing to play the game: How at-risk students persist in school

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 599-611

  Knesting, Kimberly ^a   Waldron, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33646671925     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20174     Document Type: Article

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