The Development of Problem Solving Capacities in the Domain of Technics: Results from a Cross-Cultural Longitudinal Study

Gifted and Talented International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 56-64

  Hany, Ernst A ^a   Heller, Kurt A ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 11344256055     PISSN: 15332276     EISSN: 24709565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332276.1996.11672846     Document Type: Article

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