Asian american adolescents’ academic achievement

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 35-48

  Lee, Peter Allen ^a   Ying, Yu Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85009630367     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v03n03_04     Document Type: Article

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