Arts involvement predicts academic achievement only when the child has a musical instrument

Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 849-861

  Young, Laura N ^a   Cordes, Sara ^a   Winner, Ellen ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; arts; cognition; music; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919836101     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2013.785477     Document Type: Article

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