Mathematics in the home: Homework practices and mother-child interactions doing mathematics

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-152

  Hyde, Janet S ^a   Else Quest, Nicole M ^a   Alibali, Martha W ^a   Knuth, Eric ^a   Romberg, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Homework; Mathematics; Mother child interactions; School family partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645932360     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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