Effects of a 'Learn to Think' intervention programme on primary school students

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-557

  Hu, Weiping ^a,b   Adey, Philip ^c   Jia, Xiaojuan ^d   Liu, Jia ^d   Zhang, Lei ^d   Li, Jing ^d   Dong, Xiaomei ^d  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SHANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CONTROL; TEACHING; THINKING;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHINA; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 80455124009     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/2044-8279.002007     Document Type: Article

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