Trajectories of career aspirations through adolescence and young adulthood: Early math achievement as a critical filter

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-358

  Shapka, Jennifer D ^a   Domene, José F ^b   Keating, Daniel P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33747808672     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610600765752     Document Type: Article

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