Families and home computer use: Exploring parent perceptions of the importance of current technology

Urban Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-215

  Ortiz, Robert W ^a   Green, Tim ^b   Lim, Hee Jeong ^b  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer use; parent perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751479596     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085910377433     Document Type: Article

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