The relationship between some psychological factors and their effect on the performance of grid questions and word association tests

Educational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-364

  Bahar, Mehmet ^a   Hansell, Mike H ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646368262     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713663739     Document Type: Article

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