Student discipline problems and the transition from elementary to middle school

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-222

  Theriot, Matthew T ^a   Dupper, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

In school suspension; Middle school; Student discipline; Student transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249130838     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124509349583     Document Type: Article

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