Does teaching for a balanced use of thinking styles enhance students' achievement?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1135-1147

  Zhang, Li Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Instruction; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444274369     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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