Learning and remembering from thematic maps of familiar regions

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-38

  Rittschof, Kent A ^a   Kulhavy, Raymond W ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032360972     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02299827     Document Type: Article

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