Non-cognitive abilities and early school dropout: Longitudinal evidence from NELS

Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-479

  O'Connell, Michael ^a   Sheikh, Hammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

"at risk"; Academic ability; Dropout; Longitudinal analysis; Non cognitive abilities; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952805565     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690902876586     Document Type: Article

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