Academic performance of high school students as a function of mental capacity, cognitive style, mobility-fixity dimension, and creativity

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-29

  Niaz, Mansoor ^a   Saud De Núñez, Grecia ^b   Ruiz De Pineda, Isángela ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Pedagogica Experimental Libertador   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0040211633     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2000.tb01200.x     Document Type: Article

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