Making Connections Efficiently: A Comparison of Two Approaches Used by College Students to Construct Networks

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-69

  De Simone, Christina ^b   Oka, Evelyn R ^c   Tischer, Selma ^a  

^a CEGEP Vanier College   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0346276188     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1998.0983     Document Type: Article

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