Cognitive correlates of math skills in third-grade students

Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-44

  Männamaa, Mairi ^a   Kikas, Eve ^b,c   Peets, Kätlin ^d   Palu, Anu ^c  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

math domains; reasoning; TIMSS; verbal ability; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860817889     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2011.621713     Document Type: Article

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