Does home Internet use influence the academic performance of low-income children?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Jackson, Linda A ^a   Von Eye, Alexander ^a   Biocca, Frank A ^a   Barbatsis, Gretchen ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Internet use; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; NEGRO; POVERTY; READING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; MICHIGAN; POVERTY; READING;

EID: 33746855515     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.429     Document Type: Article

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