Intelligence and education: The Saudi case

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-190

  Batterjee, Adel A ^a  

^a Dar al Thikr Schools for Boys   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Flynn effect; Gender difference; Intelligence; Progressive Matrices; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855501596     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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