The development of numerical magnitude processing and its association with working memory in children with mild intellectual disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3361-3371

  Brankaer, Carmen ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Parenting and Special Education Research Unit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Low math achievement; Mild intellectual disability; Numerical magnitude representation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETICAL ABILITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; NUMERICAL MAGNITUDE PROCESSING; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKING MEMORY;

LOW MATH ACHIEVEMENT; MILD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; NUMERICAL MAGNITUDE REPRESENTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

CHILD; DYSCALCULIA; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84881245791     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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