Children's School Readiness: Implications for Eliminating Future Disparities in Health and Education

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-33

  Pagani, Linda S ^a   Fitzpatrick, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

achievement; cognitive skills; kindergarten; school readiness; well being

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SKILLS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL READINESS; WELL-BEING;

ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITIVE SKILLS; KINDERGARTEN; SCHOOL READINESS; WELL-BEING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84891895099     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113478818     Document Type: Article

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