Home-school differences in beliefs, support, and control during public pre-kindergarten and their link to children's kindergarten readiness

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-372

  Barbarin, Oscar A ^a   Downer, Jason ^b   Odom, Erica ^c   Head, Darlene ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; African American; Cultural mismatch; Home school congruence; Latino

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952989366     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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