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Competent Children at 5

Publication Details

This is the first report from the Competent Children longitudinal study, which is following a sample of Wellington region children as they grow from young children who attended an early childhood education centre, through their school attendance.

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jean Thompson and Anne Kerslake Hendricks

Date Published: 1996

Summary

What makes a competent 5-year-old? This book gives a summary of the research report - Competent Children at 5. It highlights the impact, shown in the research findings, of the children's family resources and early childhood experiences on the development of their cognitive, social, communicative, and problem-solving competencies.

 

Related pages on Education Counts

See Competent Children, Competent Learners publication home page.

 

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