Do thinking styles contribute to academic achievement beyond self-rated abilities?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 621-637

  Zhang, Li Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Self rated abilities; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 9444235685     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603724     Document Type: Article

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