Parent involvement in children's homework in American and Swedish dual-earner families

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1576-1595

  Wingard, Leah ^a   Forsberg, Lucas ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education policy; Homework; Parent child interaction; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349245208     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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