A comparison of updating processes in children good or poor in arithmetic word problem-solving

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-269

  Passolunghi, Maria Chiara ^a   Pazzaglia, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Department of General Psychology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Arithmetic problem solving; Learning disability; Updating processes; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244448585     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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