Early Reading Achievement of Children in Immigrant Families: Is There an Immigrant Paradox?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1381-1395

  Palacios, Natalia ^a,b   Guttmannova, Katarina ^b   Chase Lansdale, P Lindsay ^a,b  

^a School of Education and Social Policy

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early reading achievement; English language learners; hierarchical linear model; immigrant children

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PARENTING; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54849432587     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012863     Document Type: Article

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