Class size, pupil attentiveness and peer relations

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-36

  Blatchford, Peter ^a   Edmonds, Suzanne ^b   Martin, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0038657718     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709903762869897     Document Type: Article

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