Fluid intelligence as a predictor of learning: A longitudinal multilevel approach applied to math

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 446-451

  Primi, Ricardo ^a   Ferrão, Maria Eugénia ^b   Almeida, Leandro S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Growth curve modeling; Intelligence; Math learning; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956265819     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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