Working memory and phonological processing as predictors of children's mathematical problem solving at different ages

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 648-661

  Swanson, H Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 4644231887     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195856     Document Type: Article

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