Social comparison in the classroom: A Review

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 828-879

  Dijkstra, Pieternel ^a,b   Kuyper, Hans ^a,b   Van Der Werf, Greetje ^a,b   Buunk, Abraham P ^a   Van Der Zee, Yvonne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Development; Friendship; Peer interaction; Self concept; Social processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849128057     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654308321210     Document Type: Review

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