The Effect of School Attendance on Intellectual Development in Northern Nigeria.

Fahrmeier, Edward D.

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Effect of School Attendance on Intellectual Development in Northern Nigeria

Fahrmeier, Edward D.

Child Development, 46, 1, 281-285, Mar 75

Measured the effect of schooling on cognitive skills by comparing the performance of 230, 6-13-year-old Hausa school children on a variety of cognitive tasks to that of 175 like-aged Hausa children who did not attend school. (Author/SDH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attendance Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Educational Experience, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Sex Differences

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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria

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