Cultural capital and intellectual ability as predictors of scholastic achievement: A study of Slovenian secondary school students

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-58

  Flere, Sergej ^a   Krajnc, Marina Tavčar ^a   Klanjšek, Rudi ^a   Musil, Bojan ^a   Kirbis, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Intellectual ability; Scholastic achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950946925     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690903385428     Document Type: Article

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