School and home connections and children's kindergarten achievement gains: The mediating role of family involvement

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-103

  Galindo, Claudia ^a   Sheldon, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gains; Early childhood; School and home connections

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455132688     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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