Parent tutoring: A meta-analysis

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-106

  Erion, Joel ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instruction; Meta analysis; Parent involvement; Parent tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749515787     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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