Representation construction, externalised cognition and individual differences

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-363

  Cox, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagrammatic reasoning; External representations; Human problem solving; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000441211     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(98)00051-6     Document Type: Article

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