Quality matters: Low-income fathers' engagement in learning activities in early childhood predict children's academic performance in fifth grade

Family Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-130

  McFadden, Karen E ^a   Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Cabrera, Natasha J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

children's academic performance; father involvement; low income families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858314282     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2011.655952     Document Type: Article

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