Effects of extreme prematurity on numerical skills and executive function in kindergarten children: An application of partially ordered classification modeling

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 332-340

  Tatsuoka, Curtis ^a   McGowan, Bridget ^a   Yamada, Tomoko ^a   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^b   Minich, Nori ^a   Taylor, H Gerry ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early school age outcomes; Executive function; Mathematics disabilities; Partially ordered classification modeling; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977510536     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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