Impact of participating in a policy debate program on academic achievement: Evidence from the chicago urban debate league

Educational Research and Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 622-635

  Mezuk, Briana ^a   Bondarenko, Irina ^b   Smith, Suzanne ^c   Tucker, Eric ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Afterschool activities; Education; Out of school time learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255196281     PISSN: 19903839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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