Effects of a preschool intervention on cognitive development among East-African preschool children: A flexibly time-coded growth model

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-133

  Malmberg, Lars Erik ^a   Mwaura, Peter ^b   Sylva, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Madrasa Regional Research Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Child centred pedagogy; Cognitive development; East Africa; Intervention; Multilevel model

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649656593     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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