Children's cognitive ability and their academic achievement: The mediation effects of parental expectations

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 495-508

  Phillipson, Sivanes ^a   Phillipson, Shane N ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive ability; Hong Kong; Mediation; Parental expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867017612     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9198-1     Document Type: Article

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