An investigation of undergraduates' transformational problem solving strategies: Cognitive/metacognitive processes as predictors of holistic/analytic strategies

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-586

  Hammouri, Hind A M ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

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EID: 33748306680     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293032000130225     Document Type: Article

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