Authoritative School Climate and Student Academic Engagement, Grades, and Aspirations in Middle and High Schools

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Cornell, Dewey ^a   Shukla, Kathan ^a   Konold, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

school climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012818446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332858416633184     Document Type: Article

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