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ERIC Number: EJ383240
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Kindergarten Experience: Cognitive Effects or Socialization?
Entwisle, Doris R.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v24 n3 p337-64 Fall 1987
A study of 683 first graders in Baltimore (Maryland) examined the effects of the amount of children's kindergarten experience on first-grade performance. It appears that kindergarten contributes more to cognitive improvement rather than socialization. (TJH)
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Educational Experience, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Socialization, Student Behavior, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California Achievement Tests
Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (New York, NY, September 1986).