Working memory functioning in children with poor mathematical skills: Relationships to iq-achievement discrepancy and additional reading and spelling difficulties

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 83-92

  Klesczewski, Julia ^a,b   Brandenburg, Janin ^b,c   Fischbach, Anne ^b,c   Grube, Dietmar ^d   Hasselhorn, Marcus ^a,b,c   Büttner, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Center for Individual Development   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

IQ achievement discrepancy; Learning disorders; Mathematical difficulties; Reading and spelling difficulties; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939135603     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000206     Document Type: Article

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