Investigations of the testing effect

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 451-464

  Kuo, Tzy Mey ^a   Hirshman, Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0345094848     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423016     Document Type: Article

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