Visuospatial working memory in adolescents with poor performance in mathematics: Variation depending on reading skills

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-289

  Kyttälä, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mathematical disability; Mathematical skills; Visuospatial working memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149193775     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410701532305     Document Type: Article

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