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Educational Research and Evaluation
An International Journal on Theory and Practice
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Original Articles

Explaining Achievement in Higher Education

Pages 235-252 | Received 21 Oct 2002, Accepted 30 Mar 2004, Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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