Individual differences in kindergarten math achievement: The integrative roles of approximation skills and working memory

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-129

  Xenidou Dervou, Iro ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^b   van der Schoot, Menno ^a   van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Math achievement; Nonsymbolic approximation; Numerical cognition; Symbolic approximation; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886032527     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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