When success makes me fail: (De)constructing failure and success in a conventional American classroom

Mind, Culture, and Activity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-164

  Depalma, Renee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61149600026     PISSN: 10749039     EISSN: 15327884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10749030801970528     Document Type: Article

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