Working Memory and Dynamic Measures of Analogical Reasoning as Predictors of Children's Math and Reading Achievement

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-66

  Stevenson, Claire E ^a   Bergwerff, Catharina E ^a,b   Heiser, Willem J ^a   Resing, Wilma C M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Dynamic testing; Figural analogies; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893803443     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1833     Document Type: Article

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