Context matters: Experimental evaluation of home-based tutoring for youth in foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 47, Issue P3, 2014, Pages 198-204

  Zinn, Andrew ^a   Courtney, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Experimental design; Foster youth; Tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912571133     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.08.017     Document Type: Article

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