Culture, motivation, and reading achievement: High school students in 41 countries

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-592

  Chiu, Ming Ming ^a   Chow, Bonnie Wing Yin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Cultural capital; Family structure; Motivation; Reading achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149498427     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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