School achievement differences among Chinese and Filipino American students: Acculturation and the family

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-550

  Eng, Sothy ^a   Kanitkar, Kirti ^b   Cleveland, Harrington H ^a   Herbert, Richard ^a   Fischer, Judith ^a   Wiersma, Jacquelyn D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gallup Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Acculturation; Adolescent; Family; Minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749104491     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701861308     Document Type: Article

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