Children's agreement on classroom social networks: Cross-level predictors in urban elementary schools

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-313

  Cappella, Elise ^a   Neal, Jennifer Watling ^b   Sahu, Neha ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864449933     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2012.0017     Document Type: Article

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