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Parental Involvement in Raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils: Why bother?

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Parental Involvement in Raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils: Why bother? / Edwards, Anne; Warin, Jo.
In: Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1999, p. 325-341.

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Edwards, A & Warin, J 1999, 'Parental Involvement in Raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils: Why bother?', Oxford Review of Education, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 325-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/030549899104017

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Edwards, A., & Warin, J. (1999). Parental Involvement in Raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils: Why bother? Oxford Review of Education, 25(3), 325-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/030549899104017

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Edwards A, Warin J. Parental Involvement in Raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils: Why bother? Oxford Review of Education. 1999;25(3):325-341. doi: 10.1080/030549899104017

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Edwards, Anne ; Warin, Jo. / Parental Involvement in Raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils : Why bother?. In: Oxford Review of Education. 1999 ; Vol. 25, No. 3. pp. 325-341.

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