A developmental perspective on full- versus part-day kindergarten and children's academic trajectories through fifth grade

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 957-978

  Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^a,c   Li Grining, Christine P ^b   Maldonado Carreño, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249097060     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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