Topic interest, text representation, and quality of experience

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-18

  Schiefele, Ulrich ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0029692947     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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