Background and classroom correlates of child achievement, cognitive, and behavioural outcomes in rural Kenyan schoolchildren

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-408

  Daley, Tamara C ^a   Whaley, Shannon E ^a   Sigman, Marian D ^a   Guthrie, Donald ^a   Neumann, Charlotte G ^a   Bwibo, Nimrod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; KENYA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 25844466971     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250500172780     Document Type: Article

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