Developmental assessment, cultural context, gender, and schooling in Zambia

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-96

  Serpell, Robert ^a   Jere Folotiya, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Assessment; Development; Education; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 41549163959     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701859184     Document Type: Article

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