Development of problem solving strategy steps scale: Study of validation and reliability

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-161

  Gok, Tolga ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Problem solving; Problem solving strategy steps; Scale reliability; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857611734     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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