Using the Early Development Instrument to examine cognitive and non-cognitive school readiness and elementary student achievement

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-75

  Davies, Scott ^a   Janus, Magdalena ^a   Duku, Eric ^a   Gaskin, Ashley ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement gaps; Educational holism; Longitudinal effects; School readiness

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CANADA; CHILD; CONSENSUS; EFFECT SIZE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WRITING;

EID: 84952063126     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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