Gender differences and cognitive correlates of mathematical skills in school-aged children

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-231

  Rosselli, Monica ^a   Ardila, Alfredo ^b   Matute, Esmeralda ^c   Inozemtseva, Olga ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Development of calculation abilities; Gender; Math skills; Mathematical skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL TEST; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; AGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 67649690473     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802195205     Document Type: Article

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