Student, Teacher, and Observer Perceptions of the Classroom Environment Before and after the Transition to Junior High School

The Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 133-156

  Feldlaufer, Harriet ^a   Midgley, Carol ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84973200829     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431688082003     Document Type: Article

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