Test anxiety, academic achievement, and self-esteem among arab adolescents with and without learning disabilities

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-20

  Peleg, Ora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 62449154728     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25474659     Document Type: Article

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