Child Care Quality and Cognitive Development: Trajectories Leading to Better Preacademic Skills

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 752-766

  Côté, Sylvana M ^a,b   Mongeau, Chantal ^a   Japel, Christa ^c   Xu, Qian ^a   Séguin, Jean R ^a,d   Tremblay, Richard E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING; TIME;

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875363189     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12007     Document Type: Article

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