Segregation in the classroom: What does it take to be accepted as a friend?

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-55

  Pijl, Sip Jan ^a   Frostad, Per ^b   Mjaavatn, Per Egil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Group characteristics; Secondary education; Selection criteria; Social relationships; Sociometric analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451469352     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-010-9135-x     Document Type: Article

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