The dyslexic student and mathematics in higher education

Dyslexia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-210

  Perkin, Glynis ^a   Croft, Tony ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Higher education; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; DYSPRAXIA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34548091375     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.334     Document Type: Article

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