Low- and high-achieving Australian secondary school students: Their parenting, motivations and academic achievement

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-225

  Boon, Helen Joanna ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547655926     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060701405584     Document Type: Article

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