Time investment and time management: An analysis of time students spend working at home for school

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-153

  Wagner, Petra ^a   Schober, Barbara ^b   Spiel, Christiane ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c University of Applied Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Gender differences; Homework; Learning time; Scholastic achievement; Time management

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149137867     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610801956606     Document Type: Article

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