Parental involvement and students' cognitive outcomes in Korea: Focusing on private tutoring

Sociology of Education

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-22

  Park, Hyunjoon ^a   Byun, Soo yong ^b   Kim, Kyung keun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

academic achievement; parental involvement; private tutoring; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651382688     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040710392719     Document Type: Article

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