Does class size in first grade relate to children's academic and social performance or observed classroom processes?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 651-664

  Allhusen, Virginia ^a,g   Belsky, Jay ^b   Booth LaForce, Cathryn L ^c   Bradley, Robert ^d   Brownell, Celia A ^e   Burchinal, Margaret ^f   Campbell, Susan B ^e   Clarke Stewart, K Alison ^a   Cox, Martha ^f   Friedman, Sarah L ^g   Hirsh Pasek, Kathryn ^h   Houts, Renate M ⁱ   Huston, Aletha ^j   Jaeger, Elizabeth ^k   Johnson, Deborah J ^l   Kelly, Jean F ^c   Knoke, Bonnie ^l   Marshall, Nancy ^m   McCartney, Kathleen ⁿ   Morrison, Frederick J ^o   O'Brien, Marion ^p   Owen, Margaret Tresch ^q   Payne, Chris ^p   Phillips, Deborah ^r   Pianta, Robert ^s   Randolph, Suzanne M ^t   Robeson, Wendy W ^m   Spieker, Susan ^c   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^u   Weinraub, Marsha ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^k SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^r GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CROWDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444249055     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.5.651     Document Type: Article

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