Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Executive functions, gender, and personality traits in students with and without specific learning disabilities

Bishara Saied
  • Bishara Saied
  • Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Beit berl College and Open University, Israel.
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  •  Received: 06 September 2022
  •  Accepted: 29 November 2022
  •  Published: 30 November 2022

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