The role of the executive functions in school readiness among preschool-age children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 749-768

  Shaul, Shelley ^a   Schwartz, Mila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early literacy skills; Early numeracy skills; Executive functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897655077     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9470-3     Document Type: Article

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