Schooling and basic aspects of intelligence: A natural quasi-experiment in Malawi

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Van de Vijver, Fons J R ^a   Brouwers, Symen A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Information processing; Intelligence; Malawi; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849098376     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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