To attend or not to attend? Why some students chose school and others reject it

Support for Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 204-209

  Davies, John Dwyfor ^a   Lee, John ^a  

^a Faculty of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Parents; Prevention; Student's views; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849141897     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2006.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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