EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, SCHOOL READINESS, AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT

Applied Cognitive Research in K-3 Classrooms

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 41-83

  Muller, Ulrich ^a   Liebermann, Dana ^a   Frye, Douglas ^b   Zelazo, Philip David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203932681-10     Document Type: Chapter

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