Are there domain-specific thinking skills?

Journal of Philosophy of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-227

  Smith, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0040077740     PISSN: 03098249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.00270     Document Type: Article

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