Comparison of the predictive validity of the aptitude test for school beginners and of the metropolitan readiness tests

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Oosthuizen, Stanley ^a   Van Rensburg, Esmé ^a   Jordaan, Christine ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0010252589     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.1.59     Document Type: Review

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