The relation of classroom environment and school belonging to academic self-efficacy among urban fourth-and fifth-grade students

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-281

  McMahon, Susan D ^a   Wernsman, Jamie ^a   Rose, Dale S ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3D Group

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EID: 58149159514     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592307     Document Type: Article

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