Understanding the fourth-grade slump: Our point of view

Educational Forum

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-74

  Sanacore, Joseph ^a   Palumbo, Anthony ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872248422     PISSN: 00131725     EISSN: 19388098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131720802539648     Document Type: Article

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