Relationship between problem-solving ability and study behaviour among school-going adolescents in southwestern Nigeria

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 139-154

  Salami, Samuel O ^a   Oyesoji Aremu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Problem solving ability; School going adolescents; Southwest ern nigeria; Study behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948867668     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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