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ERIC Number: EJ362738
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Degree of Bilingualism and Cognitive Ability in Mainland Puerto Rican Children.
Hakuta, Kenji
Child Development, v58 n5 p1372-88 Oct 1987
Results indicated a positive relationship between nonverbal intelligence measures and degree of bilingualism in younger subjects. The relationship attenuated over time and age level. Metalinguistic awareness in the native language did not show a relation with degree of bilingualism. (PCB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Puerto Ricans
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Thematic Issue: Schools and Development