Do the effects of early childhood education programs differ by gender? A meta-analysis

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 521-536

  Magnuson, Katherine A ^a   Kelchen, Robert ^b   Duncan, Greg J ^c   Schindler, Holly S ^d   Shager, Hilary ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Gender; Meta analysis; School achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960356274     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.12.021     Document Type: Article

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