Parental involvement and general cognitive ability as predictors of domain-specific academic achievement in early adolescence

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Karbach, Julia ^a   Gottschling, Juliana ^a   Spengler, Marion ^a   Hegewald, Katrin ^a   Spinath, Frank M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; General cognitive ability; Parental involvement; Twin study CoSMoS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868671390     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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