Closing the gap in academic readiness and achievement: The role of early childcare

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1359-1367

  Geoffroy, Marie Claude ^a   Côté, Sylvana M ^b,c,g   Giguère, Charles Édouard ^b,c   Dionne, Ginette ^d   Zelazo, Philip David ^e   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,c,f,g   Boivin, Michel ^d   Séguin, Jean R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; day care; prevention; social class

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; READING; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHERS; QUEBEC; READING; REGISTRIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78449293105     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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