Parent involvement, cultural capital, and the achievement gap among elementary school children

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-218

  Lee, Jung Sook ^a   Bowen, Natasha K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Cultural capital; Elementary school; Habitus; Parent involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745003438     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312043002193     Document Type: Article

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