Social Influences on Students’ Academic Engagement and Science Achievement

Psychological Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-35

  Ganotice, Fraide A ^a   King, Ronnel B ^b  

^a Palawan State University   (Philippines)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Parent support; Peer support; Social support; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937887562     PISSN: 00332968     EISSN: 09749861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12646-013-0215-9     Document Type: Article

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