Top-down, Middle-out, and Bottom-up Processes: A Cognitive Perspective of Teaching and Learning Economics

International Review of Economics Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-72

  Shiu, Ling Po ^a   Sin, Chor Yiu ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 78349262028     PISSN: 14773880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1477-3880(15)30124-9     Document Type: Article

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