Executive functioning and mathematics achievement

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-41

  Bull, Rebecca ^a   Lee, Kerry ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Executive function; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893799721     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12059     Document Type: Article

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