A Comparison of Self-Explanation and Elaborative Interrogation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 434-445

  O'Reilly, Tenaha ^a   Symons, Sonya ^b   MacLatchy Gaudet, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0039448289     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1997.0977     Document Type: Article

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