Basic numeracy in children with specific language impairment: Heterogeneity and connections to language

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-73

  Koponen, Tuire ^a,b   Mononen, Riikka ^a   Räsänen, Pekka ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b University of Jyväskylä ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Language impairment; Numerical skills

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248696871     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/005)     Document Type: Article

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