FACTORS PREDICTING SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT OF IMMIGRANT AND NON-IMMIGRANT STUDENTS: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1183-1207

  Areepattamannil, Shaljan ^a   Kaur, Berinderjeet ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

hierarchical linear modeling; immigrant students; non immigrant students; PISA; science achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884813504     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-012-9369-5     Document Type: Article

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