Visuospatial working memory and mathematical ability at different ages throughout primary school

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-192

  Van Der Ven, Sanne H G ^a   Van Der Maas, Han L J ^a   Straatemeier, Marthe ^a   Jansen, Brenda R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive testing; Children; Mathematics; Visuospatial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884536485     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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