Comparisons of achievement, effort, and self-perceptions among students with learning disabilities and their peers from different achievement groups

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 432-446

  Lackaye, Timothy D ^a   Margalit, Malka ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33749265180     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00222194060390050501     Document Type: Article

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