Contexts of achievement: A study of American, Chinese, and Japanese children

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages

  Stevenson, Harold W ^a   Lee, Shin Ying ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^a   Stigler, James W ^a   Hsu, Chen Chin ^a   Kitamura, Seiro ^a   Hatano, Giyoo ^a  

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EID: 11944265667     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1166090     Document Type: Review

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