SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND LEARNING PROFICIENCY IN YOUNG CHILDREN / WILLIAM D. ROHWER, JR. and OTHERS.

THIS STUDY WAS INITIATED TO DETERMINE WHY CHILDREN OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WHO DO INFERIOR WORK ON SCHOOL-RELATED LEARNING TASKS WHEN COMPARED TO UPPER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS CHILDREN, LEARN AS EFFICIENTLY AS UPPER LEVEL CHILDREN ON PAIRED-ASSOCIATE TASKS. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 120 LOWER STAT...

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Main Author: ROHWER, WILLIAM D., JR
Corporate Author: University of California, Berkeley
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1968.
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Physical Description:13 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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