Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2014

Full Length Research Paper

Factors affecting higher order thinking skills of students: A meta-analytic structural equation modeling study

Prayoonsri Budsankom1, Tatsirin Sawangboon1, Suntorapot Damrongpanit2* and Jariya Chuensirimongkol3
1Faculty of Education, MahaSarakham University, Thailand. 2Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. 3Faculty of Nursing, Navamindrahiraj University, Thailand.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 28 June 2015
  •  Accepted: 05 October 2015
  •  Published: 10 October 2015

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