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Pressure or challenge in preschool? how academic environments affect children
Author(s) -
HirshPasek Kathy
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219915307
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , psychology , developmental psychology , anxiety , academic achievement , psychiatry , communication
Highly academic environments have little benefit for children's academic skills, may dampen creative expression, and may create some anxiety. These effects, however, are less dramatic than some have claimed.
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