Higher order thinking skills and low-achieving students: Are they mutually exclusive?

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-181

  Zohar, Anat ^a   Dori, Yehudit J ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0037995734     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327809JLS1202_1     Document Type: Article

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