Transfer as the Productive Use of Acquired Knowledge, Skills, and Motivations

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 142-146

  De Corte, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Learning; Learning environment; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041917476     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01250     Document Type: Article

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