How Does One Know Whether a Person Understands a Device? The Quality of the Questions the Person Asks when the Device Breaks down

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 524-536

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a   Olde, Brent A ^a,b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Naval Operational Medicine Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0141484686     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.95.3.524     Document Type: Article

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