A longitudinal assessment of the effectiveness of a school-based mentoring program in middle school

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-21

  Núñez, José Carlos ^a   Rosário, Pedro ^b   Vallejo, Guillermo ^a   González Pienda, Julio Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Middle school students; Perceived usefulness; School based mentoring program; Self efficacy; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869456162     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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