Opportunities-to-Learn at Home: Profiles of Students With and Without Reaching Science Proficiency

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-387

  Liu, Xiufeng ^a   Whitford, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Home environment; Opportunity to learn; Science achievement; Science standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960632902     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9259-y     Document Type: Article

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