Studying and using multiple documents in history: Effects of discipline expertise

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-106

  Rouet, Jean François ^a   Favart, Monik ^b   Britt, M Anne ^b   Perfetti, Charles A ^b  

^a Lang and Communication Laboratory   (France)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038023555     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci1501_3     Document Type: Article

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