The social competence of Latino kindergartners and growth in mathematical understanding

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-592

  Galindo, Claudia ^a   Fuller, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive growth; Latino child development; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954857258     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017821     Document Type: Article

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