Mentoring urban black middle school male students: Implications for academic achievement

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-289

  Gordon, Derrick M ^a   Iwamoto, Derek K ^a   Ward, Nadia ^a   Potts, Randolph ^b   Boyd, Elizabeth ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Private Practice ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 70449393042     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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