Does parental homework involvement mediate the relationship between family background and educational outcomes?

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-69

  Dumont, Hanna ^a   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a,e   Neumann, Marko ^b,f   Niggli, Alois ^c   Schnyder, Inge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c Geneva University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Homework; Parental involvement; Socioeconomic background

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855358289     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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