Is my understanding yours? A study of higher education students' reading for undertanding and the effects of different texts

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-95

  Hallam, Susan ^a   Francis, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031993393     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4752(97)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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