Preschool children's math-related behaviors mediate curriculum effects on math achievement gains

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 487-495

  Hofer, Kerry G ^a   Farran, Dale C ^a   Cummings, Tracy Payne ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Early childhood; Math; Mediation; Preschool; Talk

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT;

EID: 84988882872     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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