It's not just what you know, it's who you know: Testing a model of the relative importance of social networks to academic performance

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-189

  Rizzuto, Tracey E ^a   Ledoux, Jared ^a   Hatala, John Paul ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Goal orientation; Performance; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949098762     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9080-0     Document Type: Article

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