Teachers' understanding of the role of executive functions in mathematics learning

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 132-136

  Gilmore, Camilla ^a   Cragg, Lucy ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906090014     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12050     Document Type: Article

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