Do pictorial mnemonic text-learning aids give students something worth writing about?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-334

  Rummel, Nikol ^a   Levin, Joel R ^b   Woodward, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0038609728     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.95.2.327     Document Type: Article

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