School Choice, Family Characteristics, and Home-School Relations: Contributors to School Achievement?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 451-460

  Shumow, Lee ^a   Kang, Kyungseok ^b   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0347938832     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.88.3.451     Document Type: Article

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