Peer effects on children's language achievement during pre-kindergarten

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 686-702

  Mashburn, Andrew J ^a   Justice, Laura M ^b   Downer, Jason T ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 66149181894     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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