Formal reasoning abilities and school achievement

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-185

  Valanides, Nicolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 0031498276     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(97)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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