Congruence of mother and teacher educational expectations and low-income youth's academic competence

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-153

  Benner, Aprile D ^a   Mistry, Rashmita S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Educational expectations; Mothers; Poverty; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847636314     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.140     Document Type: Article

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