The influence of affective teacher-student relationships on students' school engagement and achievement: A meta-analytic approach

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-529

  Roorda, Debora L ^a   Koomen, Helma M Y ^a   Spilt, Jantine L ^b   Oort, Frans J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

academic performance; affective teacher child relationships; meta analysis; school engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655126879     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654311421793     Document Type: Article

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