Child effortful control, teacher-student relationships, and achievement in academically at-risk children: Additive and interactive effects

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-64

  Liew, Jeffrey ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   Hughes, Jan N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement gap; Effortful control; Self regulation; Teacher characteristics; Teacher student relationships; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450231777     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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