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ERIC Number: EJ319330
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Family Status, Family Constellation, and Home Environmental Variables as Predictors of Cognitive Performance of Mexican American Children.
Valencia, Richard R.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v77 n3 p323-31 Jun 1985
The relative contributions of family status variables, a family constellation variable, and the Henderson Environmental Learning Process Scale to prediction of cognitive performance among Mexican American preschool children from low-income backgrounds were examined. Implications of including background variables in research on relations between family characteristics and intellectual performance were discussed. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Size, Family Status, Low Income Groups, Parent Background, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: General; General Cognitive Index; Henderson Environmental Learning Process Scale
Note: Research was supported in part by Contract 90-C-1777 from the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Office of Human Development Services, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and in part by Faculty Research funds granted by the University of California, Santa Cruz.