Towards a comprehensive account of effective thinking

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Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-374

  Smith, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Critical thinking; Decision making; Higher order thinking; Problem solving; Problem solving functions; Problem types; Scientific inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244230910     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014662500878     Document Type: Review

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