Centre-based early education interventions for improving school readiness

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Macdonald, Geraldine ^a   Mccartan, Claire J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COST; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LITERACY; MATHEMATICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; ROLE PLAYING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL READINESS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOCABULARY; WELLBEING; WRITING;

EID: 85013690421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010913     Document Type: Article

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