Home-education: Comparison of home-and school-educated children on PIPS baseline assessments

journal of early childhood research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-299

  Rothermel, Paula ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alternative; attainment; autonomous learning; child centred; early learning; homeschooling; informal learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993811109     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X04046650     Document Type: Article

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