The Otis-Lennon school ability test as a predictor of grade repetition and academic performance

Psychological Reports

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 223-226

  Cadieux, Alain ^a   Boudreault, Paul ^b   Laberge, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345983379     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.1.223     Document Type: Article

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