Domain-general mediators of the relation between kindergarten number sense and first-grade mathematics achievement

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-92

  Hassinger Das, Brenna ^a   Jordan, Nancy C ^a   Glutting, Joseph ^a   Irwin, Casey ^a   Dyson, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive functioning; Kindergarten; Low number sense; Mathematics achievement; Mediation

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOW NUMBER SENSE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT; MEDIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; KINDERGARTEN; LOW NUMBER SENSE; MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT; MEDIATION;

APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84888129968     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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