Preventing retention: First grade classroom instruction and student characteristics

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-588

  Dombek, Jennifer Lucas ^a   Connor, Carol Mcdonald ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862207070     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21618     Document Type: Article

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