Home-school collaboration about homework: What do we know and what should we do?

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-242

  Patton, James R ^a   Jayanthi, Madhavi ^b   Polloway, Edward A ^c  

^a Specine Programs Unit   (United States)

^b Independent Research Consultant   (United States)

^c Lynchburg College in Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 85008837278     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560116994     Document Type: Article

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