Question-driven explanatory reasoning

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 17-31

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a,d   Baggett, William ^b   Williams, Kent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 0038611788     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199611)10:7<17::aid-acp435>3.3.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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