The role of language in mathematical development: Evidence from children with specific language impairments

Cognition

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Donlan, Chris ^a   Cowan, Richard ^b   Newton, Elizabeth J ^a   Lloyd, Delyth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Language development; Mathematical development; Specific language impairments

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 33846798214     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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