Early academic skills and childhood experiences across the urban-rural continuum

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-248

  Miller, Portia ^a   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Early academic skills; Home environment; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873846782     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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