Fact Retrieval Deficits in Low Achieving Children and Children With Mathematical Learning Disability

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-307

  Geary, David C ^a   Hoard, Mary K ^a   Bailey, Drew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

learning disability; longitudinal study; mathematical cognition; mathematics; memory retrieval; number line; number processing; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 84862606661     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410392046     Document Type: Article

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