Preschool center quality and school readiness: Quality effects and variation by demographic and child characteristics

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1171-1190

  Keys, Tran D ^a   Farkas, George ^a   Burchinal, Margaret R ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^a   Vandell, Deborah L ^a   Li, Weilin ^a   Ruzek, Erik A ^a   Howes, Carollee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DAY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR SKILLS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84880368930     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12048     Document Type: Article

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