The effects of training in the use of executive strategies in geometry problem solving

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Chinnappan, Mohan ^a   Lawson, Michael J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030101163     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(96)80001-6     Document Type: Article

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