Effects of parental education level on fluid intelligence of Philippine public school students

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-248

  Vista, Alvin D ^a   Grantham, Tarek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid intelligence; Intelligence; Nonverbal assessment; Parental education level; Philippine students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952527076     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282909344416     Document Type: Article

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