The importance of homework in determining immigrant students' grades in schools in the USA context

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-25

  Bang, Hee Jin ^a   Suárez Orozco, Carola ^a   Pakes, Juliana ^a   O'Connor, Erin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English language proficiency; Homework; Immigrants; Teacher evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249229794     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880802704624     Document Type: Article

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