Marking time or moving on: Student perceptions of school life in year 8 and their attributions for their success and failure in learning

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 31-45

  Chedzoy, Susan M ^a   Burden, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution; Student voice; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547231153     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.77.3     Document Type: Article

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