Working Memory in Children with Learning Disabilities: Rethinking the criterion of discrepancy

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-17

  Maehler, Claudia ^a   Schuchardt, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criterion of discrepancy; Dyscalculia; Dyslexia; Intellectual disabilities; Learning disabilities; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952464715     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2011.547335     Document Type: Article

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