Dynamic Testing in Selection for an Educational Programme: Assessing South African Performance on the Raven Progressive Matrices

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 258-269

  Zaaiman, Hermien ^b   Van Der Flier, Henk ^a   Thijs, Gerard D ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035632816     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2389.00178     Document Type: Article

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