Student engagement and classroom variables in improving mathematics achievement

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-97

  Park, So Young ^a  

^a Korean Women's Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear modeling; Student achievement; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646460475     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03024970     Document Type: Article

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