Modeling parental role in academic achievement: Comparing high-ability to low- and average-ability students

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-103

  Phillipson, Sivanes ^a  

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

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Belief and involvement; High ability students; Parental expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864937502     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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