Effects of three types of elaboration on learning concepts from text

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-318

  Hamilton, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0031185187     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1997.0935     Document Type: Article

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