Working memory capacity and summarizing skills in ninth-graders

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-92

  Lehto, Juhani ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Education ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Macroproposition; Ninth graders; Summarizing; Text comprehension; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141956832     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00641.x     Document Type: Article

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