Dimitris Friesen

Biographic Data

ID3710254
NAMEDimitris Friesen
GIVEN NAMESDimitris
FAMILY NAMEFriesen
SIGNATUREFRIESEN D
AFFILIATIONSStanford University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • The home language environment in rural China

    Open AccessYue Ma, Laura Jonsson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    In this paper, we present the first ever findings using the LENA system to measure the home language environment of young children from poor rural communities in China. We found that the home language environment of lower-SES household was significantly worse than high-SES households, and demonstrated the importance of the home language environment to language skills, pointing to a need for more high-quality studies of the home language environme…

  • The Salience of Information

    Yue Ma, Sean Sylvia et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2023References: 34

    Besides increasing knowledge, there is another potential mechanism at work when information is delivered to a treatment group: increasing the salience of existing knowledge. We use data from a randomized controlled trial of a health information campaign to explore the relative importance of this additional mechanism in a real-world environment. The health information campaign addressed the benefits of wearing eyeglasses and provided information m…

  • The impact of nonboarding on the development of disadvantaged boarding students in western rural China

    Open AccessXiyuan Jia, Xinwu Zhang et al.ARTICLEAsia Pacific Education Review2022

  • Variations in the Home Language Environment and Early Language Development in Rural China

    Open AccessYue Ma, Laura Jonsson et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The home language environment is critical to early language development and subsequent skills. However, few studies have quantitatively measured the home language environment in low-income, developing settings. This study explores variations in the home language environment and child language skills among households in poor rural villages in northwestern China. Audio recordings were collected for 38 children aged 20-28 months and analyzed using L…

  • Cognitive ability and academic performance among left-behind children

    Xinyue He, Huan Wang et al.ARTICLECompare A Journal of Comparative…2020Cited by: 3References: 3

    Little attention has been paid to the role that low levels of cognitive development (or IQ) play among both left-behind children (LBCs) and children living with parents (CLPs) in the context of poor educational attainment in rural China. In this paper, we examine how general cognitive abilities contribute to the academic achievement gains of both LBCs and CLPs in poor areas of rural China. We measure the general cognitive ability of the 4,780 sam…