Assessing children's homework performance: Development of multi-dimensional, multi-informant rating scales

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-348

  Power, Thomas J ^a,b   Dombrowski, Stefan C ^c   Watkins, Marley W ^d   Mautone, Jennifer A ^a   Eagle, John W ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Homework; Parent ratings; Scale development; Teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147189171     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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