The role of persistence at preschool age in academic skills at kindergarten

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1495-1503

  Mokrova, Irina L ^a   O'Brien, Marion ^b   Calkins, Susan D ^b   Leerkes, Esther M ^b   Marcovitch, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic skills; Motivation; Persistence; Preschoolers; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892367912     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-013-0177-2     Document Type: Article

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