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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
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The role of social identification as university student in learning: relationships between students’ social identity, approaches to learning, and academic achievement

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Pages 559-574 | Received 25 Aug 2010, Accepted 02 May 2011, Published online: 26 May 2011

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