Perceived ability and level of education as predictors of traditional and practical adult problem solving

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-101

  Haught, Patricia A ^a   Hill, Lee Ann ^a   Nardi, Anne H ^a   Walls, Richard T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033955504     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036107300243704     Document Type: Article

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