Relationships among Attitudes about Homework, Amount of Homework Assigned and Completed, and Student Achievement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-83

  Cooper, Harris ^a   Lindsay, James J ^a   Nye, Barbara ^b   Greathouse, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri ^*

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EID: 0032364975     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.90.1.70     Document Type: Article

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