Brief report - Phonological awareness and visual-spatial sketchpad functioning predict early arithmetic attainment: Evidence from a longitudinal study

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 711-722

  Simmons, Fiona ^a   Singleton, Chris ^b   Horne, Joanna ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISION;

EID: 45849113299     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701614922     Document Type: Article

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