Longitudinal study of low and high achievers in early mathematics

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-41

  Navarro, Jose I ^a   Aguilar, Manuel ^a   Marchena, Esperanza ^a   Ruiz, Gonzalo ^a   Menacho, Inmaculada ^a   Van Luit, Johannes E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER LITERACY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84858696595     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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