The mathematics skills of children with reading difficulties

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-643

  Vukovic, Rose K ^a   Lesaux, Nonie K ^b   Siegel, Linda S ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic fact fluency; Dyslexia; Mathematics achievement; Reading difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149497168     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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