Score gains on g-loaded tests: No g

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-300

  te Nijenhuis, Jan ^a   van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a   van der Flier, Henk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coaching; Dynamic testing; g; g loading; IQ testing; Learning potential; Score gains; South Africa; Test retest; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947432084     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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