Is it a fact? Timed arithmetic performance of children with mathematical learning disabilities (MLD) varies as a function of how MLD is defined

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-344

  Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a,b   Devlin, Kathleen T ^b   McKenney, Sarah J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 45149127288     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640801982403     Document Type: Article

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