"Someone with Like a Life Wrote It": The Effects of a Visible Author on High School History Students

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-250

  Paxton, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0031492676     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.2.235     Document Type: Article

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