Accelerating Struggling Students’ Learning through Identity Redevelopment

Middle School Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4-12

  Finnan, Christine ^a   Kombe, Dennis ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b Baptist Hill High School   (United States)

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EID: 84874208791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2011.11461769     Document Type: Article

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