Student engagement in the middle years: A year 8 case study

Issues in Educational Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-271

  Tadich, Barbara ^a   Deed, Craig ^b   Campbell, Chris ^b   Prain, Vaughan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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