Learning from maps: General processes and map-structure influences

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-137

  Rossano, Matt J ^a   Morrison, Timothy T ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041195512     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci1401_4     Document Type: Article

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