Does growth in working memory span or executive processes predict growth in reading and math in children with reading disabilities?

Learning Disability Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-157

  Jerman, Olga ^a   Reynolds, Chandra ^b   Swanson, H Lee ^b  

^a PRO ED Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Executive activities; Growth analysis; Inhibition; Reading disability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879198679     PISSN: 07319487     EISSN: 2168376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731948712444276     Document Type: Article

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