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ERIC Number: EJ310892
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Home Language Influences Upon Early Performance on Measures of Abilities.
Laosa, Luis M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n6 p1178-98 Dec 1984
Chicano and non-Hispanic White Children (n=171, age two and one-half years) from diverse backgrounds were tested using the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Mothers were interviewed for family data. Ethnic group performance differences were explained (statistically) by a combination of effects associated with ethnic differences in socioeconomic status and home language. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Ability, Family Influence, Individual Differences, Interviews, Mexican Americans, Multivariate Analysis, Performance Factors, Preschool Education, Profiles, Socioeconomic Influences, Spanish Speaking, Whites, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Home Language; McCarthy Scales of Childrens Abilities
Note: Research supported in part by Grant 90-C-1257 from the United States Administration for Children, Youth, and Families.