Saturday, November 8, 2014
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1:45 PM
Jemez (Convention Center)
*Names in bold indicate Presenter
The positive relationship between maternal education and child academic achievement is one of the most well documented correlations in developmental research; in most studies, however, maternal education is treated as static. Using data from the Head Start Impact Study, I employ individual growth modeling to explore the relationship between changes in maternal education and children’s cognitive development (between the ages of 3 and 8 years old.) My findings suggest that children’s cognitive skills scores improve when their mothers attain additional education.