Development and validation of the German test for (Highly) Intelligent Kids-T(H)INK

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-181

  Baudson, Tanja Gabriele ^a   Preckel, Franzis ^a  

^a Department of Psychology Gifted Research and Education ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Cognitive assessment; Giftedness; Intelligence; Intelligence test; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883388791     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000142     Document Type: Article

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