Social capital and student achievement in Norwegian secondary schools

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 320-325

  Huang, Lihong ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender; Norwegian secondary school; Social capital; Structural linear relations; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649085611     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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