Schooling and everyday cognitive development among Kharwar children in India: A natural experiment

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-567

  Brouwers, Symen A ^a   Mishra, Ramesh C ^b   Van de vijver, Fons J R ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronological age; Educational age; Everyday cognition; Intelligence; Schooling

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33751576042     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406072905     Document Type: Article

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