Presence and place of main ideas and examples in study texts

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-316

  Beishuizen, Jos ^a   Asscher, Jessica ^a   Prinsen, Fleur ^a   Elshout Mohr, Marianne ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOK; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; READING; STUDENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; READING; STUDENTS; TEXTBOOKS;

EID: 0141678084     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709903322275849     Document Type: Article

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