Home environment and classroom climate: An investigation of their relation to students' academic self-concept in a streamed setting

Current Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-256

  Liu, Woon Chia ^a   Wang, Chee Keng John ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; Classroom climate; Home environment; Streaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849088660     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-008-9037-7     Document Type: Article

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