Do attitudes toward school influence the underachievement of Turkish and Moroccan minority students in Flanders? The attitude-achievement paradox revisited

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 332-354

  D’Hondt, Fanny ^a   Van Praag, Lore ^a   Stevens, Peter A J ^a   Van Houtte, Mieke ^a  

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EID: 84928994457     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680171     Document Type: Article

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