Learning potential in ethnic minority children

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-192

  Hamers, Johan H M ^a   Hessels, Marco G P ^b   Pennings, Albèr H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child assessment; Ethnic minority; Learning potential; Psychological testing; Test standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030516829     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.12.3.183     Document Type: Article

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