Analogical reasoning in students with moderate intellectual disability: Reasoning capacity limitations or memory overload?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 61-80

  Büchel, Fredi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 61449102427     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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