Validation of the Spanish Version of the Woodcock-Johnson Mathematics Achievement Tests for Children Aged 6 to 13

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 466-477

  Diamantopoulou, Sofia ^a   Pina, Violeta ^a   Valero Garcia, Ana V ^a   González Salinas, Carmen ^a   Fuentes, Luis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

age effects; Bater a III APROV; gender differences; mathematical ability; psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866096520     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282912437531     Document Type: Article

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