The long term effects of early acquired skills and behaviors on young children's achievement in literacy and mathematics

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-19

  Bodovski, Katerina ^a   Youn, Min Jong ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; educational inequality; students' behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952093809     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X10366727     Document Type: Article

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