Gender differences in developmental dyscalculia depend on diagnostic criteria

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-39

  Devine, Amy ^a   Soltész, Fruzsina ^a   Nobes, Alison ^a   Goswami, Usha ^a   Szucs, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental dyscalculia; Mathematics; Prevalence; Sex differences; Specific learning difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877333980     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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