Working memory as a moderator of training and transfer of analogical reasoning in children

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-169

  Stevenson, Claire E ^a   Heiser, Willem J ^a   Resing, Wilma C M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Cognitive change; Dynamic testing; Item response theory; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876352351     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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