Mathematical skills in ninth-graders: Relationship with visuo-spatial abilities and working memory

Educational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-399

  Reuhkala, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 18344366458     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410120090786     Document Type: Article

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