Integration and its Effect on Acquiring Knowledge about Competing Scientific Theories from Text

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-287

  Rukavina, Irene ^a   Daneman, Meredyth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030536408     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.88.2.272     Document Type: Article

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