How to develop a logical reasoned: A hierarchical model of the role of divergent thinking in the development of conditional reasoning

The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 148-164

  Markovits, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84925822105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315856568     Document Type: Chapter

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