Parental school involvement and children's academic achievement pragmatics and issues

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 161-164

  Hill, Nancy E ^a   Taylor, Lorraine C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Family school partnerships; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043149276     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00298.x     Document Type: Review

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