Educational histories and academic potential: Can tests deliver?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-16

  Yeld, Nan ^a   Haeck, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0037914949     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293970220101     Document Type: Article

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