Working memory components as predictors of children's mathematical word problem solving

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-498

  Zheng, Xinhua ^a   Swanson, H Lee ^a   Marcoulides, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculation; Executive processing; Phonological processing; Problem solving accuracy; Visual spatial sketch pad; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 80052283345     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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