Student-teacher relationships: An overlooked factor in school dropout

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 179-193

  Davis, Kathryn S ^a   Dupper, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk youth; School drop outs; School personnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248605700     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v09n01_12     Document Type: Article

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