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Darko, Christian K.; Vasilakos, Nicholas – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
We use data from the Young Lives longitudinal survey to analyse the effect of socioeconomic conditions and gender on the educational performance of young children in India. In particular, we use data for standardised scores on two cognitive tests: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and a maths test. Our results show that there are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Gender Differences
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Lopez Boo, Florencia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
This article documents differences in cognitive development, as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of early childhood in four developing countries. A large number of potential mediators, such as urban residence, preschool…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Preschool Children, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability
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Kumar, Suman; Kumar, Prashant; Kumari, Punam – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013
Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the state language of West Bengal and Tripura and also spoken in some parts of Assam. Bangla is the official language of Bangladesh. With nearly 230 million speakers (Wikipedia 2010), Bangla is one of the most spoken language in the world. Bangla language is the most commonly used language in West…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Indo European Languages, Language Tests, Auditory Perception