Children's writing ability: Effects of parent's education, mental speed and intelligence

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-568

  Rindermann, Heiner ^a   Michou, Christina Dimitra ^b   Thompson, James ^c  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Mental speed; Number of books; Parental education; Writing literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052400517     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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