Reexamining the relationship between verbal knowledge background and keyword training for vocabulary acquisition

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 378-389

  Hogben, Donald ^a   Lawson, Michael J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031184855     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1997.0937     Document Type: Article

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