Teacher-Child Relationships and the Development of Academic and Behavioral Skills During Elementary School: A Within- and Between-Child Analysis

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 601-616

  Maldonado Carreño, Carolina ^a   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79953002947     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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