Who asks whom for help in mathematics? A sociometric analysis of adolescents' help-seeking within and beyond clique boundaries

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 72, Issue , 2019, Pages 49-58

  Zander, Lysann ^a   Chen, I Chien ^b   Hannover, Bettina ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliques; Friendship nominations; Help seeking mathematics; Homophily; Sociometric assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064542400     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2019.03.002     Document Type: Article

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