Engaging texts: Effects of concreteness on comprehensibility, interest, and recall in four text types

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-95

  Sadoski, Mark ^b   Goetz, Ernest T ^c   Rodriguez, Maximo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034147505     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.1.85     Document Type: Article

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