Analogical transfer as guided by an abstraction process: The case of learning by doing in text editing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1459-1483

  Sander, Emmanuel ^a   Richard, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; WRITING;

ADULT; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; WRITING;

EID: 0031264829     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.6.1459     Document Type: Article

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