B1334 - Socio-economic position and the acquisition of cognitive capital through to middle childhood A cross cohort comparison - 30/03/2012

B number: 
B1334
Principal applicant name: 
Prof James Law (University of Newcastle, ROW)
Co-applicants: 
Prof Susan Roulstone (Not used 0, Not used 0), Prof James Boyle (Not used 0, Not used 0), Dr Robert Rush (Not used 0, Not used 0)
Title of project: 
Socio-economic position and the acquisition of cognitive capital through to middle childhood: A cross cohort comparison
Proposal summary: 

AIMS

1.To what extent is social risk associated with the acquisition of cognitive capital, as captured in patterns of developmental change, of children through to middle childhood and beyond?2. To what extent does oral language mediate the association between social disadvantage and literacy/behavioural outcomes through to middle childhood?3. Are the results of the proposed analyses sufficiently robust to contribute to the development of measures of cognitive capital into the forthcoming UK Birth Cohort Study?

Date proposal received: 
Thursday, 29 March, 2012
Date proposal approved: 
Friday, 30 March, 2012
Keywords: 
Cognitive Function, Education, Social Science, Stress, Social Conditions
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