Increases in the verbal and fluid cognitive abilities of disadvantaged children attending preschool in the Netherlands

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-203

  van Tuijl, Cathy ^a   Leseman, Paul P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged children; Fluid intelligence; Pre mathematical skill; Preschool; Verbal intelligence; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547925631     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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