Student coaching: How far can technology go?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 299-329

  Oreopoulos, Philip ^a   Petronijevic, Uros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CANADA;

EID: 85045290042     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: 15488004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.53.2.1216-8439R     Document Type: Article

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