The use of help-seeking by Chinese secondary school students: Challenging the myth of ‘the Chinese learner’

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-213

  Mo Ching Mok, Magdalena ^a   John Kennedy, Kerry ^a   John Moore, Phillip ^a   Wen jing Shan, Peter ^b   On Leung, Shing ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

academic help seeking; chinese learners; Hong Kong; macau; problem solving; taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952722512     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790802485229     Document Type: Article

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