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SUBMITTER: Eggum-Wilkens ND
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4038679 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Early childhood research quarterly 20140701 3
Time-sampled observations of Head Start preschoolers' (<i>N</i> = 264; 51.5% boys; 76% Mexican American; <i>M</i> = 53.11 and <i>SD</i> = 6.15 months of age) peer play in the classroom were gathered during fall and spring semesters. One year later, kindergarten teachers rated these children's school competence. Latent growth models indicated that, on average, children's peer play was moderately frequent and increased over time during preschool. Children with higher initial levels or with higher ...[more]