Bilingualism and academic achievement

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 300-321

  Han, Wen Jui ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTILINGUALISM; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856281732     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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