A scalable goal-setting intervention closes both the gender and ethnic minority achievement gap

Palgrave Communications

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Schippers, Michaéla C ^a   Scheepers, Ad W A ^a   Peterson, Jordan B ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84982987576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2015.14     Document Type: Article

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