Learning disabilities in arithmetic and mathematics: Theoretical and empirical perspectives

The Handbook of Mathematical Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 253-267

  Geary, David C ^a   Hoard, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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