The early years: Preschool influences on mathematics achievement

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5893, 2008, Pages 1161-1162

  Melhuish, Edward C ^a   Sylva, Kathy ^b   Sammons, Pam ^c   Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^d   Taggart, Brenda ^d   Phan, Mai B ^e   Malin, Antero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATHEMATICS; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 50649119452     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1158808     Document Type: Short Survey

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