Effects of classroom bilingualism on task-shifting, verbal memory, and word learning in children

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 564-583

  Kaushanskaya, Margarita ^a   Gross, Megan ^a   Buac, Milijana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MULTILINGUALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTILINGUALISM; SCHOOLS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84904717618     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12142     Document Type: Article

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