Intelligence Differentiation in Early Childhood

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-179

  Hülür, Gizem ^a   Wilhelm, Oliver ^a   Robitzsch, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Innovation and Development of the Austrian School System   (Austria)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Intelligence; Locally weighted structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960348873     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000049     Document Type: Article

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