Relational integration as a predictor of academic achievement

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 759-769

  Krumm, Stefan ^a   Lipnevich, Anastasiya A ^b   Schmidt Atzert, Lothar ^c   Bühner, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Mental speed; School grades; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868303224     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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