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ERIC Number: EJ426449
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Summer Birth Date Children: Kindergarten Entrance Age and Academic Achievement.
Crosser, Sandra L.
Journal of Educational Research, v84 n3 p140-46 Jan-Feb 1991
Describes a study that compared academic achievement indices of summer birth date seventh-ninth graders (n=45) who entered kindergarten at age five with indices of similar summer birth date children who entered at age six (n=45). All statistically significant differences favored older males and females, especially in reading for older males. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Development, Grade 5, Grade 6, Kindergarten, Learning Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, School Entrance Age
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Season of Birth