Evaluating cognitive training outcomes: Validity and utility of structural knowledge assessment

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-206

  Davis, Mark A ^a   Curtis, Mary B ^a   Tschetter, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b University of Sioux Falls   (United States)

Author keywords

Declarative knowledge; Structural knowledge; Training evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043097771     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027397031207     Document Type: Article

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