Arithmetic achievement in elementary school children: The role of working memory and knowledge of basic facts;Rechenleistung bei Grundschülern: Zur Rolle von Arbeitsgedächtnis und basalem Faktenwissen

Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 245-248

  Grube, Dietmar ^a   Barth, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basic arithmetic facts; Elementary school children; Knowledge; Mathematics; Memory span; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244277021     PISSN: 10100652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1010-0652.18.4.245     Document Type: Article

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