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ERIC Number: EJ212974
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
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Influence of School and Environment on Selective Memory.
Wilkinson, Alex; And Others
Child Development, v50 n3 p890-93 Sep 1979
Subjects were 943 mestizo and Quechua Indian children aged five and six years who lived in jungle villages near Lanas and in slum settlements in Lima, Peru. Some six year olds attended school and others did not. The children were tested with a task that assessed memory for central and incidental features of drawings. (JMB)
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Memory, Preschool Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Peru