Creative thinking instruction for aboriginal children

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-75

  Ritchie, Stephen M ^a   Edwards, John ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030101148     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(96)80004-1     Document Type: Article

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