Classmate characteristics and student achievement in 33 countries: Classmates' past achievement, family socioeconomic status, educational resources, and attitudes Toward Reading

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 152-169

  Chiu, Ming Ming ^a   Chow, Bonnie Wing Yin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bronfenbrenner; Classmates; Cross cultural study; Ecological system theory; Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925681549     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036897     Document Type: Article

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