A Defence of Teaching General Thinking Skills

Journal of Philosophy of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-398

  Higgins, Steven ^a   Baumfield, Vivienne ^a  

^a Department of Education ^*

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EID: 0038929023     PISSN: 03098249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.00103     Document Type: Article

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