Revisiting the predictive power of thinking styles for academic performance

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-370

  Zhang, Li Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abilities; Academic achievement; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344611475     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.138.4.351-370     Document Type: Article

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