Engaging youth in school and learning: The emerging key to school success and completion

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-465

  Kortering, Larry ^a,b   Braziel, Patricia ^a  

^a Appalachia State University   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43849086993     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20309     Document Type: Article

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