Testing a developmental-ecological model of student engagement: A multilevel latent growth curve analysis

Educational Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-684

  You, Sukkyung ^a   Sharkey, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curve analysis school; Development; Multilevel latent growth; Social context; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350164984     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410903206815     Document Type: Article

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