The cognitive profile of Chinese children with mathematics difficulties

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-279

  Chan, Becky Mee yin ^a   Ho, Connie Suk han ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Domain general skills; Domain specific skills; Mathematics difficulties; Number fact retrieval; Place value concept

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; COGNITION DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77954761321     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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