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The First Decade of Life: Birth to Age Five : Development in the Preschool Years (Mellen Studies in Education)
The First Decade of Life Birth to Age Five Development in the Preschool Years - Mellen Studies in Education Author:Thomas Edward Jordan A thorough longitudinal study, this volume describes and analyzes the psychological, social and educational development of some 1000 children in the St Louis area, USA. Using biological, social, family and maternal information, the author examines the physical, motor intellectual, linguistic and social development in these children. Black and wh... more »ite, inner-city and suburban, and poor and wealthy children have been included in the sample. The volumes of this publication attempt to explain by multivariate analysis how selected factors influenece the course of growth in an expanding set of behavioural domains. The work was originally published in 1980, this edition has a new introduction and foreword.« less