A longitudinal study of math achievement gains for initially low achieving students

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-95

  Ding, Cody S ^a   Davison, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 8744294881     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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