Operational Definitions and Assessment of Higher-Order Cognitive Constructs

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-427

  Williams, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive constructs; Creativity; Critical thinking; Operational definitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033273920     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022065517997     Document Type: Article

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