Inert knowledge: Analyses and remedies

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Renkl, Alexander ^a   Mandl, Heinz ^b   Gruber, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030540641     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep3102_3     Document Type: Article

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