Dimensions of socio-economic status and their relationship to mathematics and science achievement at individual and collective levels

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-41

  Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maths Science Achievement; Socio economic Status (SES); Timss; Two level Structural Equation Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745216634     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830308609     Document Type: Article

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