Children in regular and special needs classes: Cognitive and non-cognitive aspects

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-259

  Michel, Eva ^a   Roebers, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Executive functioning; Motor coordination; Special needs classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849125583     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.67.4.249     Document Type: Article

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