The homework-achievement relation reconsidered: Differentiating homework time, homework frequency, and homework effort

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-388

  Trautwein, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homework; Mathematics achievement; Multilevel modeling; Time on task

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247895672     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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