The Development of Cognitive, Language, and Cultural Skills From Age 3 to 6 : A Comparison Between Children of Turkish Origin and Children of Native-Born German Parents and the Role of Immigrant Parents Acculturation to the Receiving Society


Becker, Birgit ; Klein, Oliver ; Biedinger, Nicole


DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831213480825
URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/000283...
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2013
The title of a journal, publication series: American Educational Research Journal : AERJ
Volume: 50
Issue number: 3
Page range: 616-649
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Publishing house: Sage
ISSN: 0002-8312
Publication language: English
Institution: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department A
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Abstract: This article analyzes the longitudinal development of differences in academic skills between children of Turkish origin and children of native-born German parents from age 3 to 6 in Germany with a focus on the role of immigrant parents’ acculturation to the receiving society. Growth curve models show that Turkish-origin children start with lower test scores at the age of 3 regarding German language skills and cultural knowledge but not with respect to cognitive skills. The difference in the language domain decreases until the age of 6 while it increases regarding children’s cultural knowledge. Immigrant parents’ acculturation to the receiving country is positively related with all three academic skill domains. The results point to the importance of early intervention strategies.

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Becker, Birgit ; Klein, Oliver ; Biedinger, Nicole (2013) The Development of Cognitive, Language, and Cultural Skills From Age 3 to 6 : A Comparison Between Children of Turkish Origin and Children of Native-Born German Parents and the Role of Immigrant Parents Acculturation to the Receiving Society. American Educational Research Journal : AERJ Thousand Oaks, Calif. 50 3 616-649 [Article]


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