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Science 29 August 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5893, pp. 1161 - 1162
DOI: 10.1126/science.1158808
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THE EARLY YEARS:
Preschool Influences on Mathematics Achievement

Edward C. Melhuish,1* Kathy Sylva,2 Pam Sammons,3 Iram Siraj-Blatchford,4 Brenda Taggart,4 Mai B. Phan,5 Antero Malin1

The advantages of home learning environment and preschool are apparent years later in children's math achievement.

1Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London, 7 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3RA, UK

2University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK

3University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK

4Institute of Education, University of London, WC1H 0AL, London, UK

5University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ, UK

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: e.melhuish{at}bbk.ac.uk

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