Do parents make a difference to children's academic achievement? Differences between parents of higher and lower achieving students

Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-448

  Jacobs, Nicky ^a   Harvey, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic; Achievement; Expectations; Family; Parents; Student

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144491467     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500415746     Document Type: Article

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