Influence of a supervised mentoring program on the achievement of low-income South Korean students

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-248

  Choi, Sumi ^a   Lemberger, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescent development; Low income; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951718595     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2010.492939     Document Type: Article

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