The effects of explanations and pictures on learning, retention, and transfer of a procedural assembly task

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-148

  Ellis, John A ^a   Whitehill, Betty V ^a   Irick, Cheryl ^b  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b Boulder Oaks Elementary School   (United States)

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EID: 0030122088     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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