Kindergarten practices with children from low-income families

Author(s): Bowman, Barbara T.;
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher(s): Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Description: A discussion of the factors identified in the research on the academic achievement of low-income, minority children and families of their implications for schools and classrooms, including a section on the role of culture and cultural differences, with the goal of alerting teacher educators, school administrators, and teachers to what it will take to change school achievement for low income, minority children
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Editor(s): Pianta, Robert C.; Cox, Martha J.
Source: In R.C. Pianta & M.J. Cox (Eds.), The transition to kindergarten (pp. 281-301). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Retrieved January 16, 2008, from the ERIC Web site: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/16/0b/2a.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Characteristics > Socioeconomic Status

Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Behavior/Social & Emotional Development/Socialization

Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Community, Cultural, & Social Influences
ISBN: 1-55766-399-8 : Paperback
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