Defining and measuring parenting for educational success: A critical discourse analysis of the parent education profile

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-596

  Prins, Esther ^a   Toso, Blaire Willson ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Family home education; Literacy; Minorities; Social class; Women's issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749147976     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208316205     Document Type: Article

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