School mobility and achievement: A meta-analysis

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-119

  Mehana, Majida ^a   Reynolds, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood risk; Elementary school intervention; Longitudinal research; Math achievement; Meta analysis; Poverty; Reading achievement; School mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342284960     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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