Effect of topic frequency and position on memory for information from lengthy informative text

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 390-398

  Surber, John R ^a   Pallock, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031185208     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1997.0938     Document Type: Article

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