Inductive reasoning, domain specific and complex problem solving: Relations and development

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-45

  Molnár, Gyöngyvér ^a   Greiff, Samuel ^b   Csapó, Beno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Problem solving; Reasoning; Skill development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878640131     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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