Health and Environmental Effects on the Academic Readiness of School-Age Children.

Caughy, Margaret O'Brien

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ERIC Number: EJ526418

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Publication Date: 1996

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Health and Environmental Effects on the Academic Readiness of School-Age Children.

Caughy, Margaret O'Brien

Developmental Psychology, v32 n3 p515-22 May 1996

Examined how health and environmental risk affected mathematics and reading readiness among 867 5- and 6-year-old children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Interaction analysis indicated that child morbidity was predictive of poor mathematics performance only for children from impoverished homes. (MDM)

Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Health, Environmental Influences, High Risk Students, Mathematics Skills, Predictor Variables, Reading Readiness, Socioeconomic Influences, Young Children

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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