The family-school connection: Possibilities for technology

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Blanchard, Jay ^a   Oliver, Jill ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84979714137     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J025v15n01_10     Document Type: Article

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