Home computers and school performance

Information Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Attewell, Paul ^a   Battle, Juan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Home computers; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033247475     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722499128628     Document Type: Article

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