Family involvement with children's homework: An intervention in the middle grades

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-157

  Balli, Sandra J ^a   Demo, David H ^b   Wedman, John F ^c  

^a PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's homework; Family involvement; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032034270     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585619     Document Type: Article

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