Associations between the early development instrument at age 5, and reading and numeracy skills at ages 8, 10 and 12: A prospective linked data study

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 695-708

  Brinkman, Sally ^a,b,c   Gregory, Tess ^a,c   Harris, John ^d   Hart, Bret ^e   Blackmore, Sally ^d   Janus, Magdalena ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Department of Education ^*  (Australia)

^e Alliance for Future Health   (Australia)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AEDI; Child development; EDI; Literacy; NAPLAN; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888108869     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-013-9189-3     Document Type: Review

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