The Role of Protective Factors in Supporting the Academic Achievement of Poor African American Students During the Middle School Transition

Journal of Youth and Adolescence - Tập 29 Số 2 - Trang 223-249 - 2000
Leslie Morrison Gutman1, Carol Midgley2
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2University of Michigan, USA

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