The role of repetition in the processes of memorising and understanding: A comparison of the views of German and Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-84

  Dahlin, Bo ^a   Watkins, David ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0039550331     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709900157976     Document Type: Article

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