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Nicholl, B. (2007). “I’ve Decided to Change and it’s Just Really Hard to, Like, Show the Teachers that”. In: Thiessen, D., Cook-Sather, A. (eds) International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3367-2_10

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