Seventh graders' academic achievement, creativity, and ability to construct a cross-domain concept map - A brain function perspective

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-144

  Yeh, Yu Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 3242738458     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2004.tb01236.x     Document Type: Article

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