Learning from history text: The interaction of knowledge and comprehension skill with text structure

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-68

  Voss, James F ^a   Silfies, Laurie Ney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0003085186     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci1401_2     Document Type: Article

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