Should students be allowed to miss?

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Paredes, Ricardo D ^a   Ugarte, Gabriel A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

academic performance; attendance; thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953711436     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671003690130     Document Type: Article

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