The role of teachers' expectations in the association between children's SES and performance in kindergarten: A moderated mediation analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Speybroeck, Sara ^a   Kuppens, Sofie ^a,b   van Damme, Jan ^a   van Petegem, Peter ^c   Lamote, Carl ^a   Boonen, Tinneke ^a   de Bilde, Jerissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; GENDER; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEACHER; ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859585006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034502     Document Type: Article

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