Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Latina/o and Non-Latina/o Adolescents

Journal of Latinos and Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-13

  Boutakidis, Ioakim P ^a   Rodríguez, James L ^a   Miller, Kari Knutson ^a   Barnett, Mathew ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Occupational Therapy Department   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; assessment; Latina o children and families; multicultural education; pedagogy; quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890486248     PISSN: 15348431     EISSN: 1532771X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2013.800815     Document Type: Article

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