How the academic support of parents, teachers, and peers contributes to a student's achievement
Subtitle: the case of Hong Kong
By: Jennifer Jun-Li Chen ; with a foreword by Jinfa Cai.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780773455078
Subjects: Academic achievement -- China -- Hong Kong; High school students -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions; Students -- Psychology -- China -- Hong Kong; Education (Secondary) -- China -- Hong Kong
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Excelling in Hong Kong : students thriving academically in the political, cultural, economic, social, and educational contexts; title: Academic achievement in context : Hong Kong's education system and cultural influences; title: The whole sample study : relations of perceived academic support from parents, teachers, and peers to perceived academic engagement and achievement; title: The gender study : gender differences in the relations of perceived academic support from parents, teachers, and peers to perceived academic engagement and achievement; title: The grade-level study : grade-level differences in the relations of perceived academic support from parents, teachers, and peers to perceived academic engagement and achievement; title: General conclusion : research findings as related to issues within broader educational, psychosocial, and socio-cultural contexts.