Family socioeconomic status, parent expectations, and a child's achievement

Research in Education

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-67

  Stull, Judith ^a,b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Early childhood; Education expectations; Ethnicity; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884562705     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: 20504608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/RIE.90.1.4     Document Type: Article

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