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ERIC Number: EJ660240
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Multilevel Causal Ordering of Academic Self-Concept and Achievement: Influence of Language of Instruction (English Compared with Chinese) for Hong Kong Students.
Marsh, Herbert W.; Hau, Kit-Tai; Kong, Chit-Kwong
American Educational Research Journal, v39 n3 p727-63 Fall 2002
Studied relationships among academic self-concept, academic achievement, and language of instruction (Chinese or English) for 7,802 high school students in Hong Kong. Prior self-concept had significant effects on subsequent achievement beyond the effects of prior achievement, and prior achievement had effects on subsequent self-concept as well. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chinese, English, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Language of Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Self Concept; Hong Kong
Note: Research funded in part by grants from the Australian Research Council and the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research. Portions of the research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Seattle, WA, April 10-14, 2002).