Effects of a cognitive acceleration programme on year 1 pupils

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-25

  Adey, Philip ^a   Robertson, Anne ^b   Venville, Grady ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Westminster City Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036513233     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709902158748     Document Type: Article

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